Beschreibung

Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal 1897, 38.70 g. Conquest of Trinidad, Centenary. Unsigned. Bust three-quarters, uniformed. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY. Rv. Ships at anchor in mole of Port of Spain; hills beyond. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE CONQUEST OF TRINIDAD BY THE BRITISH 1797. In exergue: MISCERIQUE PROBAT POPULOS ET FOEDERA JUNGI. Plain edge. 39.5 mm. Eimer 1809b. BHM 3623. Selten / Rare. Vorzüglich-FDC / About Uncirculated. Leicht gereinigt / Lightly cleaned.

From the auction Künker 239, Osnabrück, October 2013, lot 5147.

On 18 February 1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, a fleet of British warships under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby invaded and took the Island of Trinidad. Great Britain sent a fleet to the Caribbean with the intention of invading the islands of Trinidad and Puerto Rico, obtaining the surrender of the first, but being repelled in the second.