Medal commemorating Admiral Heemskerk's victory at Gibraltar, 1607

Medal commemorating Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk's victory at Gibraltar, 1607. Obverse: A bird's-eye view of the action and shore of the bay of Gibraltar, town on right. Reverse: Inscription, 'DEI . OPT . MAX . NVTV . ILL . ORD . GEN . CONFOED . REGION . INF . GER . AVSPICIIS . SVB . MAVRITIO . NASSO . PRINC . VRANIAE . ARCHITALASSO . HEROS . IACOBVS . AB . HEEMSKERK . IN . IPSIS . FRETI . HERCVLEI . FAVCIBVS . SVB . CONSPECTVM . VRBIS . GIBELTARIF . NAVES . HISPANICAS . HVC . VSQ HABITAS INEXPVGNABILES DEVICIT EXVSSIT AC SVA . PAVCORVMQ: MORTE . NON . INGLORIA . FVNDITVS . DELEVIT . VII CAL . MAII . CIC . IC . C . VII ' (States that Admiral Heemskerk destroyed and burnt the Spanish fleet, thought to be invincible, and by his death purchased their destruction). 'HAE . TIBI . ERVNT . ARTES' (These shall be your master strokes).

Object Details

ID: MEC0023
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Eighty Years' War: Action off Gibraltar, 1607
Date made: 1607
People: Heemskerck, Jacob Van
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 56 mm