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Description: | Medal commemorating the bombardment of Algiers, 1816 and Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Obverse: Lord Exmouth's head (right), hair short. Legend: 'ED . PELLEW EQUES VICE COMES EXMOUTH.' Reverse: Inscription, 'SOCIETAS AD . PIRATAS . DELENDOS A. MDCCCXIV . INSTITVTA OB . LIBERATOS A . BARBARORVM . VINCVLIS . EVROPAEOS ALGERIA . A . MDCCCXVI . OPPVGNATA SOCIO . VICECOMITI . EXMOVTH VICTORI . ET . BENEMERITO DECREVIT.' (The Society for the Suppression of Piracy, founded in 1814, awarded this medal to its Fellow Viscount Exmouth for his good service in the liberation of Europeans from captivity among the barbarians by his victorious attack on Algiers in 1816.)
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Pellew Society for the Suppression of P Edward | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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