Medal commemorating Vernon's attack on Cartagena, 1741; reverseLong Caption:Medal commemorating Vernon's attack on Cartagena, 1741. Obverse: Full-length figure of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), wearing hat (left), facing to the right; left hand extended, right receiving the sword which 'DON BLASS', on left knee before Vernon, offers with his right hand, hat in extended left. Small ship (right), sailing to the right. Reverse: Two ships sailing to right towards a fort in right foreground; two forts in middle connected by a chain boom.Credit line:National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, LondonObject:MEC1030Artist:unknownDate:after 1741Medium:silverSize:Overall: 34 mm
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