Commemorative medal of the circumnavigation of the Numancia frigate (1865-1867). Distinction Medal. Created by Of 20-1-1869 in the single bronze category, to reward the journey that the Numancia frigate performed, starting in Cádiz on 4-2-1865 and ending in the same place on 20-9-1867, after becoming the first ship shielded she gave. Annverse: oval, flat, smooth. On the center of the countryside, coined in Altorrelieve, the Numancia frigate sailing west on a globe. Around it, the central motive, the legend to those who turned the world on armored ship. A five -pointed star makes the start
Commemorative medal of the circumnavigation of the Numancia frigate (1865-1867). Distinction Medal. Created by Of 20-1-1869 in the single bronze category, to reward the journey that the Numancia frigate performed, starting in Cádiz on 4-2-1865 and ending in the same place on 20-9-1867, after becoming the first ship shielded she gave. Annverse: oval, flat, smooth. On the center of the countryside, coined in Altorrelieve, the Numancia frigate sailing west on a globe. Around it, the central motive, the legend to those who turned the world on armored ship. A five -pointed star makes the start and end of the legend. At the foot of the globe, the name of its designer and recorder G. Sellán. The medal hangs from a light blue ribbon. Reverse: plane and smooth, with the same exterior flange as on the obverse, and another interior formed by a cape or zucchroom that make up a circular ring. On the La Leyenda field, in Altorrelieve and in capital letters: Frigate / Spanish of War / Numancia; Orlada of another legend: February 4, 1865 / September 20, 1867, occupying the first upper part of the medal, and the second lower. Between both, two five -pointed stars. Registration - Location: Annverse. REGISTRATION - Transcription: G. Sellán (Designer and recorder name). Registration - Location: Annverse. REGISTRATION - Transcription: Frigate / Spanish of War / Numancia. Registration - Location: Reverse. Registration - Transcription: February 4, 1865 / September 20, 1867. Registration - Location: Reverse
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