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Description: | Token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Howe in a pigtail and a plain cocked hat (left). Legend: 'EARL HOWE & THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE.' Reverse: Within a square showing the map of France, the model of a human foot, Inscription: (outside square) 'A MAP OF FRANCE 1794'; (inside) 'FRA.NCE', 'RELIGION', 'HONOR', 'GLORY', 'throne' (words placed at right angles). In the four corners 'FIRE'. Inscription on edge: 'CURRENT EVERY WHERE'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Howe Thomas tokens Peter of the Fleet Lord Richard Kempson Wyon | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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