Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694

Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: The goddess Ceres standing on the sea shore, a sheaf of corn in her left hand, the prow of an antique galley (left). Legend: 'ANNONA AUGUSTA.' (Imperial corn supply.) Exergue: 'FUGATIS AUT CAPTIS BATAV . NAVIB . M . DC . XCIIII.' (Dutch ships routed or captured, 1694.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0763
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Events: Nine Years' War: Battle of Texel, 1694
Date made: 1694
People: King Louis XIV of France; Bart, Jean
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm