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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. Below, the crowned shield of Utrecht dividing the words 'ORDIN' and 'TRAIEC' (the State of Utrecht). Legend: 'IEHOVA . PRIVS . DEDERAT .' (God had given us before). Reverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'PLVS . QUAM . PERDIDIMVS .' (More than we have lost since). Below: 'CIC . IC . CIIII .'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0022 |
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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 |