Coins and Historical Medals

Admiral Vernon, Commodore Brown and Sir Robert Walpole, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, standing figures of Vernon and Brown shaking hands, crown in upper field, ship in lower field, rev. Devil striding into the mouth of Hell, leading Walpole by a halter, 37mm (Adams NLv 8-G; Betts 246; MI II, 561/191). Some minor deposit, otherwise very fine £150-£180