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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Half-length figure of Vernon facing three-quarters left, baton in left hand, right hand pointing. Legend: 'THE . BRITISH . GLORY . REVIV . D . BY . ADMIRAL . VERNON'. Reverse: View of the port. Six ships, placed one (in entrance) one, and four in semicircle, all but right-hand one of last group sailing to right. Harbour empty. Legend: 'WHO . TOOK . PORTO . BELLO . WITH . SIX . MEN . OF . WAR . ONLY'. Exergue: 'NOV . 22 .1739'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1018 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of Porto Bello, 1739 |
| Date made: | 22 Nov 1739 |
| People: | Vernon, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 37 mm |