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Award - George III Wooldridge Medal
Location | United Kingdom |
Year | 1809 |
Type | Award medals/Military award |
Composition | Gilding metal plated bronze |
Weight | |
Diameter | 39 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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Obverse description | Fireships bearing down on the French fleet, clouds above, all within a rope border supporting a curved label below |
Obverse lettering | |
Obverse script | |
Reverse description | Legend within wreath |
Reverse lettering | CAPTAIN
JAMES WOOLDRIDGE
LED THE
BRITISH FIRE SHIPS
WHEN
FOUR FRENCH SAIL OF THE LINE
WERE BURNT UNDER
THEIR OWN BATTERIES
IN AIX ROADS |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | |
Mintage | ND (1809) - -
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Catalog ID | 1638060450 |
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