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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Zuydersee, 1573
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Zuydersee, 1573. Obverse: View of the naval action, the shore (left) and in distance. Legend: 'INQVISITIO . INQVIRENDO . NIMIS . SEDVLO . SE . IPSAM . PERDIT.' (The inquisition by too sedulously enquiring destroys itself). Reverse: Inscription; 'C (Fleur-de-lis) W . 11 . OCTOBER . 1573. DOOR . LOVTER . GHEWELT . VAN . MENICH . HELT . DER . VRYE . WESTVRIESCHE . NATIE WERD . BOSSOV . GEVELT DIT . HIER . GESTELT TOT. LOFTEKEN . VAN GODS . GRATIE . 1615 ' (Only by the strength of many a hero of the free West Frisian nation was Bossu overthrown). Struck in 1615 and again in 1620.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0002 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyntges, C. |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Battle of the Zuiderzee, 1573 |
| Date made: | 1615 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 57 mm |