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MEDALLIONS - ANSON
26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
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MEDALLIONS - ANSON
A Collection of medallions relating to Lord Anson, comprising a silver medal commemorating the French Fleet Defeated off Cape Finistere 1747, 43mm. diam., by T. Pingo; a further example in bronze, and another made of 'Berlin' iron (Eimer 616); a different variety in brass, 36mm. diam. (Eimer 617); an unrelated Thomason medallion for the reign of George II, commemorating on the reverse Anson's return from his circumnavigation in 1744 (5)
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A COLLECTION OF MEDALLIONS RELATING TO GEORGE ANSON. The Pingo medals - in three metals - commemorate Anson's circumnavigation and his 1747 defeat of the French at Cap Finisterre off the coast off Spain. The reverse bears the legend 'Circumnavigation' and lists the other officers on the journey: Keppel, Saumarez, Saunders, Brett, Dennis and Campbel.
























