Medal - Admiral Vernon Portobello

Medal - Admiral Vernon (Portobello) - obverseMedal - Admiral Vernon (Portobello) - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Commemorative medals › Military medal
Year 1739
Composition Gilding metal plated copper (Pinchbeck)
Weight 21.59 g
Diameter 36.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
233031
References Betts# 200
Charles Wyllys Betts, William Theophilus Rogers Marvin (editor), Lyman Haynes Low (editor); 1894. American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals. Scott Stamp and Coin Company, New York, United States.

Commemorative issue

1739 conquest of Portobello in Panama by British

Series: Admiral Vernon

Obverse

Half-length figure of Vernon left, command batton in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: THE.BRITISH.GLORY.REVIV.D.BY.ADMIRAL.VERNON

Reverse

Ships entering the port of Portobello.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HE.TOOK.PORTO.BELLO.WITH.SIX.SHIPS.ONLY.1739
BY COURAGE.AND // CONDUCT.

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1739 

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