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Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the deliverance of Flushing, 1772
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the deliverance of Flushing, 1772. Obverse: A pedestal and bust of Prince William I, inscribed. Legend: 'PROAVORUM VIRTUTE'. Exergue: 'BRIEL. ET FLISS. JUGO EREPTIS'. Inscription on pedestal: 'GUIL. V . PR . A R . BELG . GUB . FL . DOM . VINDICABIT'. Netherlands, crowned, her arms outstretched, standing on a quay, free of her fetters; ships (left), two shields (right) on open book above, rayed. Legend: 'VERITAS LIBERAVIT NOS'. Exergue: 'JUB . DOM . CELEB . A LIB . DUCENTESIM . MDCCLXXII.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0246 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Berckel, T. van |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Deliverance of Briel, 1572 |
| Date made: | 1772 |
| People: | William V |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm |
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