Capture of Minorca
Capture of Minorca , bronze medal, 1798, by J. Milton, laureate bust of George 111 profile right, GEORGIUS 111 REX, rev. Justice standing, facing with fort and ship in the distance and beehive in the foreground, 51 mm, (BHM. 461). A few minor marks otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare. £Sold
Eimer notes that a note in the manuscript catalogue of Sarah Banks, whose collection was bequeathed to the British Museum soon after this time, states that this medal was awarded by the magistrates in Minorca, which had been captured by the British under the command of Earl St. Vincent on 15th November 1798. It was subsequently relinquished as part of the terms of the Peace of Amiens in 1802.
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