Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Clas Larsson Fleming. Legend: 'CL . FLEMING . R . SEN . U . STOCK . PRAEF . THALASSIARCHA.' Reverse: View of a city with a ship careened, boat, gun, anchors etc in foreground. Legend: 'TURRIGERA URBS EREPTAQVE ROSTRA CARINIS' (the turreted city and the beaks torn from the ships). Exergue: 'MONUMENTA VIRI PRO PATRIA OCCUMB MDCXLIV' (memorials of a hero who died for his country).
Object Details
| ID: | SEC1348 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Enhörning, C. |
| People: | Fleming, Clas Larsson |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 4 mm x 31 mm |
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