Medal cast

Commemorative medal commemorating the British attack on Cartagena 1741. Two casts obverse and reverse. Vernon (left), facing three-quarter right, wearing hat; baton in right hand, the left extended. Ogle (right), facing left, baton in left hand, the right extended. Legend: 'ADMIRAL VERNON AND SR CHALONER OGLE'. Reverse: Harbour, fort lower left, two forts in centre connected by a chain boom behind which is a boat, a city in the background. In foreground, two ships sailing to right. Legend: 'BY BRITISH COURAGE TOOK CARTHAGENA APRIL 1741'.

Object Details

ID: SEC0991
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: War of Jenkins' Ear: Attack on Cartagena, 1741
Date made: Apr 1741
People: Vernon, Edward; Ogle, Chaloner
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 mm x 35 mm