Description: | Medal commemorating Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) and the capture of Porto Bello, 1739. Obverse: Two half-length figures: Vernon, facing three-quarter right, baton in right hand, left extended in front of Commodore Charles Brown, who faces left, with baton in left hand. Both figures extend to the edge below. Line enclosing legend. Legend: 'ADMIRAL VERNON . AND . COMMODORE . BROWN'. Reverse: View of the port. Six ships, placed one, two, three, two sailing to right, four left. Line enclosing legend. Legend: 'TOOK . PORTO . BELLO . WITH . SIX . SHIPS . ONLY'. Exergue: 'NOV 22 1739'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. |