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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Half-length figure of Vernon, full face, baton in left hand, right on hip, a curved tree to the left. A fort with asteeple to the right inscribed: 'A.VIEW OF.FORT CHAGRE' below it a ship. Legend: 'VICE AD:RL OF THE BLEW, & COM : DER . IN CHIEF OF ALL HIS . MAI : SHIPS IN THE WEST INDIES'. Exergue: 'THE HONLE. EDWARD VERNON ESQ'. Reverse: A view of the port. Six ships are placed two and four. Four small vessels are inside harbour. Legend: 'PORTO BELLO.TAKEN BY ADMIRAL VERNON . WITH SIX MEN OF WAR ONLY . NOV. 22. ANNO DOM.1739'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0989 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of San Lorenzo, 1740; War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of Porto Bello, 1739 |
| Date made: | 22 Nov 1739; 24 Mar 1740 |
| People: | Vernon, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 38 mm |