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Medal - Navy Day 1987 - Fifth Centenary of the crossing of the Cape of Good Hope Portuguese Navy
| Location | Portugal |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The field features a stylized relief map of Africa with its southern tip labelled "Cabo da Boa Esperança", overlaid by a curved arrow tracing the historic route around the cape and a 15th-century Portuguese carrack under sail at the bottom. To the upper right, a bust of Bartolomeu Dias is depicted in high relief, identified by the legend "Bartolomeu Dias 1487". The institutional emblems of the CMN, CSA, and CPA are arranged across the upper field, with the engraver's signature visible in the left mid-field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CMN CSA CPA Bartolomeu Dias 1487 Cabo da Boa Esperança |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dramatic allegorical composition in high relief depicting Adamastor, the mythological giant from Camões's Os Lusíadas, rendered as a menacing face and outstretched arm emerging from turbulent sea waves and rocky coastal cliffs evoking the Cape of Good Hope. The raised date "1987" is set against the cliffs at centre, while a modern Portuguese Navy frigate is shown sailing through the stormy waters in the lower field. Four Portuguese escutcheons on vertical banners are aligned along the left, with the legend "DIA DA MARINHA" in the exergue and "8 DE JULHO" arching along the upper right. |
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