Medal commemorating the Siege of Breda, 1637

Medal commemorating the Siege of Breda, 1637. Obverse: A barge entering a fortress (left), a female figure and famine (right). Arms of Frederick Hendrik hanging from a mailed arm carrying a sword and issuing from a cloud, the name Jehovah in Hebrew above. Legend: 'ANTE FAME. AUT ASTU. VI MODO FACTA VIA EST'. Reverse: Arms of the Netherlands above an inscription, 'D.O.M.S. Bredam primo Belgar. In Tyrann. Regem foedere nobilem; mox Mauritianae navis faelicib. insidiis nobiliorem; dein famelica March Spin. obsidione nobilissimam: tandem ausp. potentiss. Concord, Belgii Patrum, omnes bellandi gradus transcendens, aperto Marte, gladiata Fr. Henrici Celciss. auria. pr. dextera faederatae. Patriae Familiaeque suae. restituit X. Octob. An. MDC XXXVII. S.P.Q.F.B.' The whole surrounded by vines.

Object Details

ID: MEC0119
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Looff, Johannes
Places: Netherlands
Events: Eighty Years' War: Siege of Breda, 1637
Date made: 1637; 1667
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 70 mm