Battle of Vigo (Vigos): the burning of the French and Spanish fleet, Silver Medal. Front: Neptune in sea-car and Victory together hold a roll of paper on which the names of burnt, sunk and captured French and Spanish ships are written, in the foreground three Nereiden with crowned coats of arms inscribed, above inscription Reverse: view of the Bay of Vigo with the French-Spanish fleet withdrawn therein, the manned fortresses and the barriers to entry, before that the Anglo-Dutch fleet within a circumference., Vigo, Galicia, Georg Hautsch, Neurenberg, 1702, silver (metal), striking (metalworkin


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