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Description: | Obverse: A bird's-eye view of the rock and bay of Gibraltar showing the position of ships and batteries. Legend on a ribbon: "BATTERING SHIPS DESTROYED". Exergue: "SEPTEMBER XIII MDCCLXXXII". Reverse: The British Lion holding a shield of Gibraltar lying on an inscribed block: "BLOCKADE COMMENCED JUNE XXI MDCCLXXIX. SIEGE TERMINATED FEB.11.MDCCLXXXIII" Below, sprays of laurel encircling a long inscription: "BY A ZEALOUS EXERTION OF PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE, AND INTREPIDITY, AFTER CONTENDING WITH AN UNPARALLELED SUCCESSION OF DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR DURING A BLOCKADE AND SIEGE OF ALMOST FOUR YEARS THE GARRISON UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GEORGE III TRIUMPHED OVER THE COMBINED POWERS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN".
Inscription. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Pingo, L. | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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