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Medal commemorating Count Rosen Director of the Admiralty
Medal commemorating Count Rosen, Director of the Admiralty. Obverse: Bust of Count Rosen (right), necktie and open coat. Legend: 'GUST . FRIDER . A ROSEN COM . SEN . R.' (Gustavus Frederick of Rosen, Count and Senator of the Realm.) Exergue: 'NATUS MDCLXXXVIII.' (Born 1688.) Reverse: The constellation of the Great Bear and Arcturus. Legend: 'IBIMUS UTCUMQUE PRAECEDES COMITES PARATI.' (We, companions, are ready to go with you whenever you lead the way.) Exergue: 'REGIO DUCI INVITE SUPERSTES VITAM PATRIAE IMPENSAM ED . MDCCLXIX.' (Unwilling to survive his royal chief, he ended a life of devotion to his country, 1769.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0433 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Lundgren, L. P. |
| Date made: | 1850 |
| People: | Rosen, Count; Rosen, Count |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 31 mm |
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