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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0119 |
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| 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 |
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