Baldwin & Sons
Auction 81 10 May 2013
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. Admiral George Anson (1697-1762), the Defeat of the French Fleet off Cape Finisterre, 1747, and the Circumnavigation of the World, 1740-1744, Silver Medal, 1747, by Thomas Pingo, Victory holds wreath over left-facing bust of Anson, rev Victory stands on back of sea-monster, the names of his six senior officers around, 43.5mm (MI 634/325; Eimer 616; Betts 382; MH 345; Eimer, Pingo 38; Ford XIV, 442-445). Extremely fine or virtually so.
The formidable commanders named on the medal rose to be Admiral Viscount Augustus Keppel, Captain Philip Saumarez, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Admiral Sir Percy Brett, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dennis and Vice-Admiral John Campbell (the medal with the corrected CAMPBEL spelling). The circumnavigation, over four years, is remembered for the capture at Cape Espiritu Santo of the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, with treasure valued in excess of
£300,000. The medal is believed to have been commissioned by Anson's elder brother, Thomas.
Estimate: £400-600
The formidable commanders named on the medal rose to be Admiral Viscount Augustus Keppel, Captain Philip Saumarez, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Admiral Sir Percy Brett, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dennis and Vice-Admiral John Campbell (the medal with the corrected CAMPBEL spelling). The circumnavigation, over four years, is remembered for the capture at Cape Espiritu Santo of the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, with treasure valued in excess of
£300,000. The medal is believed to have been commissioned by Anson's elder brother, Thomas.
Estimate: £400-600