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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Quebec, 1759. Obverse: Bust of Britannia (left), head bound with fillet, hair compactly arranged into a knot behind, no drapery; underneath is a laurel wreath over a trident and a standard crossed. Under the former 'SAVNDERS'; under the latter 'WOLFE'. Legend: 'BRITANNIA.' Reverse: Victory, on tiptoe, holds a palm branch, and crowns with a laurel wreath a trophy of captured French arms, at the foot of which is seated a bound captive. Legend: 'QVEBEC . TAKEN . MDCCLIX'. Exergue: 'SOC . P . A . C'.
Britain?s dramatic capture of Quebec was an important victory. By the conquest of Canada, Cape Breton and Florida, Britain gained control over virtually the entire North American continent.
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Quebec, 1759; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Quebec, 1759; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Thomas Pingo | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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