British and World Historical Medals

Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, bronze or pinchbeck medals (2), unsigned, similar, both 37mm (Adams PBvb 11-S, 12-U); Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, bronze or pinchbeck medals (2), unsigned, Don Blass, kneeling, surrenders his sword to Vernon, revs. view of harbour with six ships, 38 and 37mm (Adams PBvl 1-A, 2-B; Betts 304, 307) [4]. Fine or nearly so £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Admiral Vernon and Related Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Don Blass, the Spanish Admiral Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (1689–1741), known as Patapalo (Pegleg) and, later, Mediohombre (Half-man) for the many wounds he had suffered in the service of his country