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Description: | Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781. Obverse: Stern view of four vessels in action, one dismantled (left). Legend: 'VIS VI FORTITER REPULSA' (A bold attack boldly repulsed). Exergue: 'PROPE GADES XXX MAY, MDCCLXXXI' (Off Cadiz, 30 May 1781.) Reverse: A trident with three shields of the Rotterdam Admiralty upon it, and two anchors, engraved pennants on either side, 'P. MELVILLE NAVARCHUS' 'G. OORTHUIS NAVARCH'. Legend: 'ANTIQUA VIRTVTE DVVM-VIRI' (Two colleagues of ancient valour). Below, a festooned lion's head.
caption: Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Holtzhey Johann Georg | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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