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Description: | A plate, with rigid loop. Obverse: A brick furnace. Inscription: "Spaniards defeated by RED hot SHOT at Gibraltar Sept. ye 13th 1782". Reverse: a Spanish battering ship on fire, inscription below: "The Pastoru (Pastora) Baltl. ship Adml. Morino (Moreno) H. Hillson". Inscription on edge, "GARSN LIEUT.FIRE WORKERS VOL.CO". One of the rare examples of the badges manufactured and presented to deserving soldiers during the siege.
Inscription. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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