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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-4
Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 and Admiral George Anson's voyage, 1740-44. Obverse: Bust of Anson (left), hair short, no drapery, crowned by Victory standing behind on the prow of a galley. Legend: 'GEORGE LORD ANSON VICT . MAY III MDCCXLVII.' Reverse: Victory, holding a wreath and a trophy, stands upon the back of a sea monster, over a small globe. Placed around are six laurel wreaths, inscribed each: 'KEPPEL, SAVMAREZ, SAVNDERS, BRETT, DENNIS, CAMPHEL.' Legend: 'CIRCVMNAVIGATION.' Near lower edge: 'MDCCXL.-MDCCXLIV.' Commissioned as a memorial after Anson's death, probably by his elder brother and heir, Thomas Anson.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1134 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Display - Voyagers |
| Creator: | Pingo, Thomas |
| Events: | War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747; Exploration: Anson's Voyage, 1740-1744 |
| Date made: | 1747; circa 1768 |
| Exhibition: | Voyagers |
| People: | Anson, George; Keppel, Augustus Denis, Peter Campbell, John Brett, Piercy Saumarez, Philip Saunders, Charles |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |
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