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General Eliott's Medal for Gibraltar 1779-83
Obverse: View of the rock of Gibraltar and harbour, batteries and ships in action, the fleet in the foreground (L). Legend: "PER TOT DISCRIMINA RERUM". Exergue: "XIII SEPT. MDCCLXXXII". Reverse: Legend: "BRUDERSCHAFT". Inscription: "REDEN LAMOTTE SYDOW ELIOTT". The first three were the regimental names of the brigade, the last that of the English commander.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0467 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pingo, Lewis |
| Events: | American War of Independence: Siege of Gibraltar, 1779 |
| Date made: | 1782 |
| People: | Eliott, George Augustus |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 49 mm |