Medal
Category
Coins and medals
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal or metal alloy
Measurements
24 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939858.2.7
Summary
Commemorative medal, brass (?), 'ACRE / DEFENDED / BUONAPARTE / REPULSED / SYRIA SAVED / 20 MAY 1799', bearing a side profile view of 'ADMIRAL SIR S SMITH'; one of a collection of coins and medals contained in a small cardboard box bearing the name of Ollivant & Botsford Ltd., St. Ann Street, Manchester.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).