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Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxegotha's return home from England
Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxegotha's return home from England. Obverse: A hilly landscape, a fountain with a dolphin (left), a tree (right). Legend: 'TE NON PRAESENTE RIGEMVS'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the royal yacht 'Katherine' under topsail and headsails. Legend: 'BREVI CERTVM QVO FATA FERANT.' Exergue: 'Katherine 1693.' Inscribed (on edge): 'FRIDERICO . DVCI . SAXONIAE EX ANGLII FELICITER REDEVNTI. ANNO M . D . C . XC III'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0381 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wermuth, C. |
| Places: | Germany |
| Vessels: | Katherine fl.1693 (HMY) |
| Date made: | 1693 |
| People: | Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |