Medal commemorating ships burnt in the Medway and the proclamation of the peace of Breda, 1667

Medal commemorating the ships burnt in the Medway and the proclamation of the Peace of Breda, 1667.

The obverse displays Peace with an olive branch and cornucopia seated upon a pile of arms supported by genii, the shields of France, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, Ireland (left) and the Seven United Provinces (right); above is a scroll inscribed (incuse), 'SOLI DEO GLORIA' (To God alone the glory). Below there is a tablet inscribed: 'Den 6 Septemb. Ano. 1667 is de Vreede tuschen haar E Hoogm . en den Coningh van Groot. Britanien gepubliseert' (on 6 September 1667 is proclaimed the peace between their High Mightinesses and the King of Great Britain).

The reverse displays the burning of ships near Chatham. The stern of a sinking ship in the foreground and nearby a boat. Below there is a shell inscribed: 'Anno 1667 Door Order van haar E. Hoogh, Mog onder't belyt van d . Heer . R . Mich., A .d . Ruyter L. Ad. generaal syn besprongen, op de Revier van Chattan d'Coninks Oorlogh, Schepe en die verbrant en gesonke' (By order of their High Mightinesses and under the command of Sir Michael, son of Adrian de Ruyter, Lieutenant Admiral General, the ships of war of the King were attacked, burnt and sunk in the river of Chatham).

The medal can be identified as an imitation because the lettering here and there are incorrect.

Object Details

ID: MEC0240
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Abeele, Peter van
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Attack on the Medway, 1667; 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: 69 mm