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Medal commemorating the action off Malaga 1704, and Admiral de Bourbon Count of Toulouse
Medal commemorating the action off Malaga 1704, and Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737). Obverse: Head of Admiral de Bourbon in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON COMTE DE TOULOUSE AMIRAL DE FRANCE'. Reverse: A winged Victory, a palm branch in her left hand, standing on an antique galley containing massed trophies, inscribing a shield on a mast with flag flying and sail furled. Legend: 'BRITANNIS BATAVIS QUE (sic) DEVICTIS'. Inscribed on shield, 'VELEZ MALAGA'. Exergue: 'XXIV AOUST MDCCIV'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2953 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gayrard, Raymond; Marcassus, Jean Pierre Casimir de |
| Events: | War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Malaga, 1704 |
| Date made: | 1818 |
| People: | Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de; Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 67 mm |
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