Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk, 1831
Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk, 1831. Obverse: A draped female figure, with an extinguished torch, placing a laurel wreath on an pedestal with a relief of an exploding ship, the Dutch shield below (left). Legend: 'DE ONSTERFELYKHEID IS ZYN DEEL' (Immortality is his). Reverse: Inscription within a laurel wreath 'JAN, CAREL JOSEPHUS, VAN SPEYK HANDHAVER DER HOLLANDSCHE VLAG, 5 FEBRUARY, MDCCCXXXI' (John Charles Joseph van Speyk, defender of the Dutch flag, 1831).
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0263 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Kellen, David van der |
Places: | Netherlands |
Date made: | 1831 |
People: | Speyk, Jan Carel Josephus van |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 44 mm |