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Great Britain, Admiral Edward Vernon Pinchbeck Medal. AD 1739. ✷OF✷ADMIRAL✷VERNON✷AND✷COMMODORE✷BROWN✷, half-length figures of Vernon and Brown standing facing each other at arms, •BY•THE•COURAGE•AND•CONDUCT in two lines in exergue / •PORTO•BELLO•WAS•TAKEN•WITH•SIX•SHIPS•ONLY•NOV•22•1739•, six ships sailing into Portobello Harbour; I•W•FECIT in exergue. Eimer 549. 12.74g, 37mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Welsh collection.
Admiral Edward Vernon was a British naval commander during the War of Jenkins' Ear between England and Spain. In 1739 he captured the Spanish port of Portobello (now in Panama) with only six ships. This feat made him a popular hero in England and the American colonies, and many medals were struck to commemorate it; in fact more different medals were struck of him than of any other 18th century Englishman.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Welsh collection.
Admiral Edward Vernon was a British naval commander during the War of Jenkins' Ear between England and Spain. In 1739 he captured the Spanish port of Portobello (now in Panama) with only six ships. This feat made him a popular hero in England and the American colonies, and many medals were struck to commemorate it; in fact more different medals were struck of him than of any other 18th century Englishman.