|
Date: |
|
Description: | Medal commemorating the settlement of the East India Company at Bombay, 1662, and the repulse of the French Fleet, 1804. Obverse: A river god, his left arm embracing a cornucopia and resting on the globe holding in his right hand a British swallow-tailed pennant, a tiger at his feet. Legend: 'SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY'. Exergue: 'MDCLXII'. Reverse: Neptune crowned, a sceptre in his right and a figure of Victory in his left hand, seated on the globe. Legend: 'THE FRENCH FLEET REPULSED BY THE E. I. COMPYS . XV. FEB. MDCCCIV'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Droz medals J. Mills Honourable East India Company J.P. Mudie French Navy George | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
|
|