Medal commemorating Queen Mary Regent and the repair of the fleet

Medal commemorating Queen Mary Regent and the repair of the fleet. Obverse: Bust of Queen Mary laureate. Legend: 'MARIA D . G . M . BRIT : FRAN : ET HIB : REGINA F . D . P . A ' (Mary, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, pious, august). Reverse: The queen, holding a trident, pouring out the contents of a cornucopia; in the distance Dutch ships being repaired (left) and Lord Torrington conveyed to the Tower of London (right). Legend: 'DISSIPAT ET REFICIT' (She dispels [the storms] and repairs [the fleet]). Exergue: 'REGINAE REGENTI MDCXC' (To the Queen Regent, 1690).

Object Details

ID: MEC0130
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Smeltzing, Jan
Places: Netherlands
Date made: 1690
People: Royal Netherlands Navy; Queen Mary II Torrington, Lord
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm