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Medal commemorating the Spanish fleet captured at the Slaak, 1631
Medal commemorating the Spanish fleet captured at the Slaak, 1631. Obverse: Prince Frederick of Orange on horseback (right), a town in distance. Exergue: 'DEN PRINS VAN. ORANGIE, ONZEN HELD VAARDICH, STRYD . VOOR 'T VADERLAND ENDE VRYHEID WAARDICH.' (The Prince of Orange our hero fights for the mother country and liberty, with courage equal to the end in view.) Scroll: 'CVM PRIVI'. Reverse: Plan of the naval action with the names of the vessels engaged, inscription on a cartouche below 'GOD . WAS . ZYN . VOLCK . DE . 13 DN . SEPTEMBER . GEDAGHTIGHEN BRACHT . TOT . NIET 'TVYANS VLOOT . OVER . DE . SEILEN 80 . 1631' (God remembered his people on 13 September, and destroyed the enemy fleet of more than 80 sail).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0030 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wilge, A. van der |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Spanish fleet captured at the Slaak, 1631 |
| Date made: | 1631 |
| People: | Prince Frederick Henry of Orange |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 56 mm |