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 LAMOTTTE SYDOW ELIOTT". The first three were the regimental names of the brigade, the last that of the English commander.

Object Details

ID: MED0468
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