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An image showing 'Medal commemorating the Battle of the Texel and the death of Admiral Tromp, 1653; obverse'
An image showing 'Medal commemorating the Battle of the Texel and the death of Admiral Tromp, 1653; reverse'
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Texel and the death of Admiral Tromp, 1653

Medal commemorating the Battle of the Texel and the death of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, 1653. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Tromp in a collar and doublet with orders (nearly front). Legend: 'MARTEN . HARPERTSEN . TROMP . RIDDER' (S reversed) (Martin Harpertsen Tromp, Knight). Reverse: Port quarter view of a battleship in a naval engagement, a sunken ship in foreground. Legend: 'LIEVTENANT . ADMIRAAL . VAN . HOLLAND . VOOR . HET . VAADERLAND . GESNEVVELT . DEN . 10 AVGVSTI ANNO 1653' (Lieutenant General of Holland, died for his country 10 August 1653).
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Object Details

ID: MEC0107
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Netherlands
Events: First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Scheveningen, 1653; Death of Admiral Tromp, 1653
Date made: 1653
People: Tromp, Luitenant-Admiraal Cornelis van
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 68 mm