Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Inscription: 'TONNINGA ANNO . MDCC'. Reverse: Copenhagen bombarded, shells bursting, ships in the foreground. Legend: 'PAR . PARI', 'HAFNIA . AO . MDCC'.

Object Details

ID: SEC1366
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Places: Copenhagen
Events: Great Northern War: Bombardment of Copenhagen, 1700
Date made: 1700; 1700
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 3 mm x 59 mm
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