George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1727, 28.94 g. Gibraltar besieged by the Spanish Fleet. Unsigned. Bombardment between a fleet and land forces. VINCERE AVT MORI. In exergue: GIBRALTAR OBSESSA D . XXII . FEBR . MDCCXXVII. Rv. SED DATVR TERTIVM MINVS PERICVLOSVM ABIRE, above star, below rose. Punch marks "No. - 7". Plain edge. 41 mm. Eimer 503. MI ii 468/82. Selten / Rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine.

From the auction Heidelberger Münzhandlung 37, Heidelberg, November 2022, lot 542.

The siege of Gibraltar of 1727 (thirteenth siege of Gibraltar, second by Spain) saw Spanish forces besiege the British garrison of Gibraltar as part of the Anglo-Spanish War. After a five-month siege with several unsuccessful and costly assaults, Spanish troops gave up and withdrew. Following the failure, the war drew to a close, opening the way for the 1728 Treaty of El Pardo and the Treaty of Sevilla signed in 1729.