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Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon facing, tree to left, Fort Chagre and ship to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 39mm (Adams FCv 3-B; Betts 279; MI –). About extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 40mm (Adams FCv 3-B; Betts 279; MI –); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 37mm (Adams FCv 7-H; Betts 282; MI –); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 38mm (Adams FCv 14-S; Betts 285; MI pl. clvii, 4); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 38mm (Adams FCv 15-V; Betts 286; MI pl. clvii, 3); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 36mm (Adams FCv 17-X; Betts 292; MI pl. clvii, 8) [5]. Varied state, one with edge chip £200-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a copper medal signed I.W., three-quarter length figure of Vernon facing, tree to left, Fort Chagre and ship to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 40mm (Adams FCv 5-D; Betts 275; MI pl. clvii, 13). Good extremely fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £850
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon facing, tree to left, Fort Chagre and small ship to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 37mm (Adams FCv 6-F; Betts 281 var.; MI pl. clvii, 10; E 554). Very fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £340
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon facing, tree to left, Fort Chagre and small ship to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 37mm (Adams FCv 6-H; Betts –; MI –). Very fine, scarce £120-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon left, Fort Chagre to left, tree to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 38mm (Adams FCv 9-J; Betts 284; MI –). Good very fine, scarce £150-£180
Hammer Price: £320
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing right, ship to left, Fort Chagre to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 38mm (Adams FCv 12-P; Betts –; MI pl. clvii, 1). Good very fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £240
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing left, Fort Chagre to left, ship to right, rev. three ships entering Portobello harbour, three waiting outside, 37mm (Adams FCv 13-R; Betts 294; MI –). Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal signed I.M., half-length figure of Vernon right, Fort Chagre to left, cannon and trophies to right, rev. Portobello harbour, one ship inside and five outside, 36mm (Adams FCv 16-X; Betts 291; MI pl. clvii, 7). Old scratches on obverse, otherwise very fine, scarce £100-£120
Hammer Price: £220
Fort Chagre Medals, Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, half-length figure of Vernon three-quarters left, Fort Chagre to left, rev. three ships entering Portobello harbour, three waiting outside, 33mm (Adams FCv 18-Y; Betts –; MI pl .clvii, 5). Good very fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £190
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 38mm (Adams CAv 2-B; Betts 332; MI pl. clvii, 15); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 38mm (Adams CAv 3-D; Betts –; MI –); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 38mm (Adams CAvl 1-A; Betts 326; MI pl. clviii, 14); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 35mm (Adams CAvl 3-F; Betts –; MI –); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 37mm (Adams CAvo 5-G; Betts 320-1 var.; MI pl. clviii, 5) [5]. Varied state, one with edge split £200-£300
Hammer Price: £360
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon facing slightly left, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 38mm (Adams CAv 4-E; Betts 333; MI pl. clviii, 1). Minor edge flaws, otherwise good very fine £150-£180
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing left, town behind, small ship on each side, rev. five ships outside Cartagena harbour, 36mm (Adams CAv 5-F; Betts 335; MI pl. clvii, 17). Good very fine, scarce £200-£260
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing left, town behind, trees to left and ships to right, rev. two ships approaching forts of Cartagena, 37mm (Adams CAv 6-G; Betts 334; MI pl. clvii, 14; E 558). About extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £300
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing right, taking sword from kneeling de Lezo, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 37mm (Adams CAvl 2-C; Betts 330; MI pl. clviii, 7). About as struck, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing right, taking sword from kneeling de Lezo, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 37mm (Adams CAvl 2-D; Betts 329; MI pl. clviii, 8). Obverse partly discoloured, otherwise extremely fine, reverse better, scarce £300-£400
Hammer Price: £480
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon and Ogle standing, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 37mm (Adams CAvo 2-B; Betts 319; MI pl. clviii, 3). Extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £440
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon and Ogle standing, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 37mm (Adams CAvo 3-D; Betts 318; MI pl. clviii, 4). Old scratches on reverse, otherwise good very fine £120-£150
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon and Ogle standing, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 37mm (Adams CAvo 4-F; Betts 324; MI pl. clviii, 2). Some old scratches, otherwise good very fine £200-£260
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, de Lezo kneeling, offering sword to standing Vernon, Ogle standing to right, rev. two ships outside Cartagena harbour, 38mm (Adams CAvlo 1-B; Betts 323; MI pl. clviii, 16). Minor surface corrosion on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £420
Cartagena Medals, Battle of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Ogle, Vernon, and Wentworth standing, two small lions by feet, rev. four ships outside Cartagena, 38mm (Adams CAvow 1-A; Betts 310; MI pl. clix, 1). Small edge flaw, otherwise about extremely fine £200-£260
Havana Medals, Proposed Attack on Havana, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, obv. field stippled, 38mm (Adams HAv 1-A; Betts 313; MI pl. clix, 6); a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 37mm (Adams HAv 1-C; Betts 315; MI pl. clix, 4); together with a brass token depicting HMS Jersey, 31mm [3]. Fine or better £100-£150
Havana Medals, Proposed Attack on Havana, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Vernon standing left with cannon by feet, Havana to left, ship to right, rev. Portobello harbour, one ship inside and five outside, 37mm (Adams HAv 1-B; Betts 314; MI pl. clix, 5). Extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Other Vernoniana, Convention of Pardo, 1739, a pinchbeck medal, perhaps by J. Roche, Britannia seated left, brandishing sword, i’ll revenge my wrongs, rev. britons strike home, British soldier standing over vanquished foe, 30mm (Adams UNI-23; Betts –; MI II, 529/91; E 546, footnote). Very fine and rare £200-£260
£200–£260
Other Vernoniana, Capture of Portobello, 1739, a small copper or brass key handle, admiral vernon, bust facing, rev. porto bello, ship in harbour, 20 x 18mm (Adams –). About very fine, rare and unusual £100-£120
Hammer Price: £1,200
Other Vernoniana, The Gentleman’s Magazine, February 1742, London, 112pp; Ford, W.C., List of the Vernon-Wager Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, Washington, 1904, 148pp, 3 plates, many pages uncut; Massachusetts Historical Society [Proceedings], April 1919, pp.165-280, including ‘Admiral Vernon Medals, 1739-1742’, by M. Storer; Catalogue of the Malcolm Storer Collection of Naval Medals bequeathed to the United States Naval Academy, np, 1936, 38pp [4]. Varied state £50-£100
Hammer Price: £160
Other Vernoniana, Ford, D., Admiral Vernon and the Navy, London, 1907, xx + 322pp, 15 plates; Hart, F.R., The Attacks upon the Spanish Main by Admiral Vernon, New Haven, CT, 1908, 24pp, illustrations in text; Hart, F.R., Admirals of the Caribbean, 1st edn, London, 1923, x + 203pp, 16 plates; Hartmann, C.H., The Angry Admiral, 1st edn, London, 1953, xv + 236pp, 17 plates; Ranft, B. McL. (ed), The Vernon Papers, Greenwich, 1958, xi + 599pp; Pares, R., Colonial Blockade and Neutral Rights...
Hammer Price: £150
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