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Description: | Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne draped (left). Legend: 'ANNA . DG . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA'. Reverse: Hercules with his foot on the dragon arresting a French soldier (left) attempting to carry off the Golden Fleece. Legend: 'NON DOLO NEC ARTE SED APERTO MARTE' (Not by deceit nor by stratigem but by open war). Exergue: 'MDCCII'. Sir George Rooke as Hercules, or Jason under the form of Hercules destroys the Spanish dragon and rescues the Golden Fleece.
caption: Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | George-Fleet medals J. Rooke Queen Anne Boskam | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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