See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

Medal - George IV Kent

Location United Kingdom
Year 1825
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Period Log in to see details
Notice Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description A detailed maritime scene in high relief depicting two sailing vessels on choppy seas: the East Indiaman Kent to the left engulfed in flames and billowing smoke, and the brig Cambria to the right with rescue boats being dispatched. The date legend appears in the exergue below.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description Log in to see details
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering FROM FALMOUTH, TRURO, HELSTON, PENRYN, AND ST IVES. TO COMMEMORATE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KENT EAST INDIAMAN BY FIRE, IN THE BAY OF BISCAY: AND THE RECEPTION ON BOARD THE BRIG CAMBRIA, WILLIAM COOK, MASTER, OF 547 PERSONS, THUS PROVIDENTIALLY DELIVERED FROM DEATH.
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Comments Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE