The Loss Of The Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 GTRexclude otherwise in near mint condition

otherwise in near mint condition

Five weeks after that disgrace

enamel flaking

43 mm x 50 mm

1943 he suffered a shrapnel wound to the chin

The Loss Of The Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 GTRexclude otherwise in near mint conditionThe Loss of the Brig Somers Table Medal 1846 Bronze, obverse engraver marked "C. C. Wright" and illustrates the U. S. Brig Somers foundering, with the Latin legend "Somers navis Americana. Ante Vera Cruz, Dec. 10th, 1846." (American ship Somers lost off Vera Cruz), reverse illustrates British boats going to the rescue and the Latin inscription "Pro Vitis Americanorum Conservatis" (For Saving American Lives), museum coded on the rim in red ink, 58 mm,