Medal commemorating the peace of Westminster, 1654

Medal commemorating the Peace of Westminster, 1654. Obverse: Britannia, with a harp on her knee, and Holland, with her lion at her feet, are holding up a cap of liberty. Legend: 'MENTIBUS UNITIS PRISCUS PROCUL ABSIT AMAROR, PILEA NE SUBITO PARTA CRUORE RUANT' (From their united minds may their former bitterness depart, lest the cap [of Liberty] obtained by their blood suddenly fall down). Reverse: Port quarter view of a British and a Dutch ship of war side by side, sails furled, masthead flags flying. Legend: (left) 'LUXURIAT GEMINO NEXU TRANQVILLA SALO RES'; (right) 'EXCIPIT UNANIMES TOTIUS ORBIS AMOR.' (Commerce, tranquillized by a double alliance, flourishes on the sea, and the amity of the whole world welcomes the reconciled.) (School of Nuremberg)

Object Details

ID: MEC0298
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dadler, S.; Dadler, S.
Places: Germany
Events: First Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Westminster, 1654; First Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654
Date made: 1654
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm