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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: The fleet attacking forts and ships in the harbour. Legend: 'GALL[ORUM] . HISP[ANORUM] . Q[UE] . CLASSE EXPUG[NATA] . COMB[USTA] . CAPT[A]' (French and Spanish fleets defeated burnt and taken). Exergue: 'BRIT . BATAV . Q . EXPEO [sic] AD . VIGOS . MDDCCII' (The British and Dutch expedition to Vigo 1702).
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: | medals J. Queen Anne Boskam | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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