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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, 1838. Obverse: Head of King Louis Philippe, laureate (left). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . PHILIPPVS I . FRANCORVM . REX.' Reverse: Port broadside view of the frigate 'Nereide' lying at anchor before the fort, a mountain in the distance; above, France, holding a flag in her right hand and a thunderbolt in her left. Legend: 'IVS GENTIVM ARMIS GALLICIS VINDICATVM.' (The law of nations vindicated by the French arms.) Exergue: 'CASTELLO S. IOANNIS DE VLVA, EXPVGNATO D . XXVII NOV . M DCCC XXXVIII.' (The fort of San Juan d'Ulloa captured on 27 November 1838.)
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, 1838; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, 1838; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Nereide fl.1838 (French) medals Alexis Joseph Depaulis | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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