GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
Type : Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying
Date : 1848
Metal : tin
Diameter : 45 mm
Engraver : Thomas Halliday
Weight : 31,68 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Obverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK / "KEYING"
Obverse description : Vue sur la jonque chinoise Keying de profil, légende à l'exergue. Signé : HALLIDAY - BIRM.
Reverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK /THAT EVER ROUNDED / THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, QR / APPEARED IN BRITISH WATERS. / HER DIMENSIONS ARE / LENGTH 160 FT, FT, DEPTH OF HOLD 12FT, BURDEN, 800 TONS, CHINESE MEASUREMENT / RUDDER, 7 1/5 TONS, MAINSAIL, 9 TONS / MAINMAST, 85 FEET LONG FROM DECK / THE SHIP IS BUILT OF TEAK WOOD / SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG, 6TH / DECEMBER 1846, ARRIVED IN / ENGLAND 27 TH MARCH 1848 / 477 DAYS FROM CANTON / CAPTAIN KELLETT / COMMANDER.
Reverse description : Légende en 16 lignes
Grade : XF
Inventory number: 632069
Estimate: 200 EUR