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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Admiral De Suffren in Roman armour, in a galley bearing the arms of France. He is pulling a branch from a palm tree to which Victory is mooring his boat. Legend: 'SIC APPELLIT'. Exergue: 'GALLO INDIA SERVATA ET AVCTA DUCE PET AND DE SVFFREN S TROPEZAQVI-SEXTIENSI EQV HIEROS CLASS REG PRAEFECTO'. Reverse: Inscription within a laurel wreath: 'CONCIVI OPTVMO DVCI INVICTO MDCCLXXXIV'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1160 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gibelin, Esprit-Antoine |
| People: | Tropez, Pierre André de Suffren de St |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 8 mm x 69 mm |