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)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0298 |
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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 |