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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 16071505, member: 116145&quot;]I made two interesting pickups recently.&nbsp; I&#039;m still doing research on the first one - this one is holed, it was sold for less than $100 with the description, &quot;This medal notes the loss of the important English warship, the Royal George, during England&#039;s effort to gain control of Gibraltar (and Mediter. Sea) at the end of the revolutionary war to get back at France/Spain for their support of America. It shows no real wear and has a beautiful brown patina.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;m going to have to weigh it and measure it, but I believe it to be a <b><a href="https://stores.ebay.com/Authentic-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/_i.html?_nkw=Great+Britain&amp;submit=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stores.ebay.com/Authentic-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/_i.html?_nkw=Great+Britain&amp;submit=Search" rel="nofollow">Great Britain</a> (United Kingdom) under <a href="https://stores.ebay.com/Authentic-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/_i.html?_nkw=George+III+Britain&amp;submit=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stores.ebay.com/Authentic-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/_i.html?_nkw=George+III+Britain&amp;submit=Search" rel="nofollow">George III</a> - King: 25 October 1760 - 29 January 1820 Great Siege of Gibraltar (Blockade) &amp; Warship HMS Royal George Commemorative </b>1783 Bronze Medal 32mm (11.05 grams)</p><p>Reference: Eimer 800 showing - ROYAAI GEORGE ADMIRAL KEMPENFELT 1783, Sailing warship HMS Royal George sinking to the bottom of the ocean.</p><p>&#039;T GEBLOQUEFERDI GIBRALTAR, The blockage of Gibraltar scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Great Siege of Gibraltar</b> was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence.</p><p><br /></p><p>The British garrison under George Augustus Eliott were blockaded from June 1779, initially by the Spanish alone, led by Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor. The blockade failed because two relief convoys entered unmolested-the first under Admiral George Rodney in 1780 and the second under Admiral George Darby in 1781-despite the presence of the Spanish fleets. The same year, a major assault was planned by the Spanish, but the Gibraltar garrison sortied in November and destroyed much of the forward batteries. With the siege going nowhere and constant Spanish failures, the besiegers were reinforced by French forces under de Crillon, who took over command in early 1782. After a lull in the siege, during which the allied force gathered more guns, ships and troops, a &quot;Grand Assault&quot; was launched on 18 September 1782. This involved huge numbers-60,000 men, 49 ships of the line and ten specially designed, newly invented floating batteries-against the 5,000 defenders. The assault was a disastrous failure, resulting in heavy losses for the Bourbon allies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The siege then settled down again to more of a blockade, but the final defeat for the allies came when a crucial British relief convoy under Admiral Richard Howe slipped through the blockading fleet and arrived at the garrison in October 1782. The siege was finally lifted on 7 February 1783 and was a decisive victory for the British forces, being a vital factor in the Peace of Paris, which had been negotiated towards the end of the siege.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the &quot;Grand Assault&quot;. At three years and seven months, it is the longest siege endured by the British Armed Forces and one of the longest sieges in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1533929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1533930[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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