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jeton de marine
Cast of a jeton de marine. Reverse only. A compass. Legend: 'DUBIIS SECUNDIS QUE REBUS RECTA' (true, whether Fortune frown or smile.) Below: 'MARINE 1747'. Refers to the Duc d'Anville's squadron being wrecked off the Azores, rescue of the pretender, Charles Stuart by the St Malo Captains Dufresne and Beaulieu, and the victory over the English off Nagapatam all in 1746.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1204 |
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| Type: | Cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Duc d'Anville expedition, 1746; Rescue of Charles Stewart, 1746 First Carnatic War: Action off Nagapatam, 1746 |
| Date made: | 1746; 1746 |
| People: | Anville, Duc d'fl; Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 3 mm x 29 mm |