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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne in low dress, hair tied in a knot at the top of the head (left). Legend: 'ANNA . D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET . HIB : REG :'. Reverse: Winged Victory, holding the English flag in her left and a palm branch in her right hand, standing on a shell on the sea, Sardinia and Minorca on either hand in the distance. Legend: 'SARDINIA . ET . BALEARIS . MINOR . CAPTAE .' (Sardinia and Minorca taken.) Exergue: 'MDCCVIII.'
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals J. Croker Queen Anne | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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