Medal cast
Cast of the reverse of a medal commemorating the Glorious First of June 1794. Neptune in sea-chariot, pointing with his right hand to sinking vessels and with his left presenting a trident to Britannia, who is seated on a rock with a Union Shield. At her side a lion and cornucopiae from which fall coins. A winged victory hovers over the obelisk, on which she inscribes the names of the flag-officers present: 'HOWE, GRAVES, BRIDPORT, BOWYER, CALDWELL, GARDNER, PASLEY'. Legend: 'NON NOBIS SED PATRIAE' (not to us, but to our country). Exergue: 'MDCCXCIII 1st JUNE'. Unmounted.
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Object Details
ID: | SEC0711 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Barnett, W; W. Barnett |
Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 |
Date made: | 1 Jun 1794 |
People: | Sandwich, Earl of |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 9 mm x 58 mm |