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