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.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0116 |
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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 |