Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667

Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: A lion sporting among arms and cannon, a fleet in the distance. Below: 'LEO BATAVUS' (Dutch lion). Legend: 'SIC FINES NOSTROS LEGES TVTAMVR ET VNDAS' (Thus we defend our frontiers, our laws and our seas). Reverse: Inscription, 'DEO . AVSPICE . ASSERTIS . NON . MINORE . ANIMO . QVAM . SVCESSV . AVITIS . PATRIAE . LEGIBVS . ADVERSVS . TRES . POTENTISIMOS . HISPANIARVM . REGES . COACTIS . DEINDE . SEMEL . ITERVMQ'; CONTRA . VICINOS . BRITANNOS . ARMA . SVMERE . BATAVIS . POST . PACEM . EGREGIA . VIRTVTE . BELLO . PARTAM . ATQVE . REDVCTA . GENERIS . HVMANI . COMMERCIA . CONSVLES . SENATVSQVE . AMSTELODAMENSIS . MONVMENTVM . HOC . CIC . IC . C . LXVII . F . C.' (Relates how the Council of Amsterdam had this medal struck to commemorate the peace with Britain, great courage having been shown in this and the previous war with Spain.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0116
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lutma, J.
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667; Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Date made: 1667
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 70 mm