American Colonial Historical Medals (Betts Medals)
1739 Vernon and Blass

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Betts-306 Brass. A description about the medals in the Vernon series is described above. This medal was struck to commemorate the taking of Carthagena. In this capture Vernon was accompanied by Sir Chaloner Ogle and Gen. Wentworth. With a total of 30 ships of the line and about 80-85 other vessels. This medal features Admiral Vernon and Don Blass on the obverse. Don Blass de Leso was the commander of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Carthagena. It was later discovered that Blas escaped before the British arrived.