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Description: | Medal commemorating Gibraltar relieved, 1783 and General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790). Obverse: Bust of General Eliott in a cocked hat, pigtail and uniform (right). Legend: 'ELLIOT AN MARTIS SOCIVS NON: IVPITER IPSE EST.' (Whether Elliot be the fellow of Mars or not, he is a very Jupiter.) Reverse: View of the rock of Gibraltar being bombarded, shells bursting, batteries (left) and ships (right) in foreground. Legend: 'VICTRIX IN FLAMIS VICTRIX GIBRALTAR IN UNDIS.' (Gibraltar victorious alike amid flames and through waves.) Exergue: 'MDCCLXXXIII.'
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals J.C. Eliott Reich George Augustus | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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