(1782) Admiral Rodney / HMS Formadable Medal. Betts-unlisted, BHM-244, Liechty-22. Pinchbeck, 25.0 mm. AU-53 (PCGS).Mottled glossy golden brown with some encrustation around the obverse periphery. Sharp and attractive despite some scattered pits, including some on the edge. The <em>HMS Formidable</em> (incorrectly spelled as FORMADABLE on the medal) was Rodneys flagship at the Battle of the Saintes, a victory against the French between the West Indian islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica in April 1782. As scarce as this medalet is, Liechty reports two different obverse varieties. The only one of these in the Ford Collection (later in our November 2015 sale of the Adams Collection) was holed. Before this offering, it was the only one we had ever sold.PCGS# 926064.<strong>To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click<a href="https://stacksbowers.com/sydney-f-martin-collection/"target=’_blank’> here.</a></strong>.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex William J. Goetz, October 2018.
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