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.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0433
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