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Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604
Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604. Obverse: Plan of Sluys and the surrounding country with the names of places. Reverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'Gold for bronze' (in Greek) 'ITANE . FLANDRIAM . LIBERAS . IBER?' (Is it thus, Spaniards, you deliver Flanders?)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0020 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Sluys, 1604; Eighty Years' War: Siege of Ostend, 1601 |
| Date made: | 1604 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 53 mm |