Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692

Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Obverse: Neptune with his trident uplifted driving Louis XIV from his marine car, ships in background. Legend: 'NON ILLI IMPERIVM: SED MIHI SORTE DATVM' (Not to him but to me was the Empire allotted). Exergue: 'GUILIELMO . III . M . BRIT . R . OB IMPERIUM MARIS ASSERT' (To William III, King of Great Britain upon his asserting this Dominion of the Sea)'. Reverse: Victory standing on an antique galley displaying the arms of England and Holland; wreckage and a ship in the distance (left). Legend: 'SE CONDET IN UNDAS' (It shall hide itself in the waves). Exergue: 'DELETA AC INCENSA GALLORUM CLASSE. MDCXCII' (French fleet destroyed and burnt 1692). Inscription (on edge): 'CON CASTIGATVS GALLORVM FASTVS ET ASTVS FLVCTIBVS, ET PUGNA FRACTVS ATROCE FRAGOR' (refers to the chastisement of French cunning in a fierce contest.) (School of Nuremberg)

Object Details

ID: MEC0306
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Müller, Philipp Heinrich; F. Kleinert
Places: Germany
Events: Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692
Date made: 1692
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 48 mm