Auction Catalogue

13 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1747 x

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13 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£800

Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Capture of Morro Castle, Havana, and the Deaths of Don Luis de Velasco and Vincenzo Gonzales, 1763, a silver medal by T.F. Prieto, conjoined busts of Velasco and Gonzales right, bewigged and wearing frock coats, rev. fort’s magazine explodes with great force, ships and boats around, soldiers on the land, 49mm, 66.78g (Betts 443). Edge nicks, good fine £600-800

Morro Castle was finally captured from the Spanish in August 1762 by a huge British fleet of 200 vessels and 14,000 men, under the command of Lord Albermarle and Admiral Sir George Pocock. The British soldiers are seen, on 30 July, storming the fort as it explodes, sending the bodies of the defenders into the air.