eAuction #36 - beendet




Los 114. Admiral Vernon, AE Medal 1739

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Admiral Vernon, AE Medal 1739

Verbleibende Zeit:
Beendet (Sonntag, 19. April, 19:57:00 CEST)
Aktuelle Zeit: Donnerstag, 30. April, 11:39:40 CEST

Erzielter Preis: CHF 850.00 (8 Gebote)
Ungefähr EUR 920.63 / USD 1'075.26 / GBP 797.29

Höchstbieter: Bieter 1

eAuction #36, Los 114. Schätzpreis: CHF 400.00

United Kingdom. AE Medal 1739 (40 mm, 14.00 g), on the capture of Porto Bello by Admiral Vernon.
Obv. IN PORTO BELLO THERS NOT HIS FELLOW / ADMIRAL VERNON, the Admiral with sword and cannon, ship behind.
Rev. HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY / NOV 22 1739, six ships are entering the fortified harbor of Porto Bello.

Very rare. Good very fine.

In 1739, Vice Admiral Vernon - a strong advocate of small but hard-hitting naval operations - attacked and sacked the Spanish city of Porto Bello (Panama) with "six ships only", thus fulfilling his claim that he made after the blockade of 1727 in which a large British naval expedition had suffered heavy losses but not gained any success.




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