Medal commemorating the Dutch squadron captured by Admiral Jean Bart, 1696

Medal commemorating the Dutch squadron captured by Admiral Jean Bart, 1696. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Holland with her lion and arrows sitting on the sea shore, her arms raised in horror at the sight of a burning ship. Legend: 'INCENS . AUT CAPT . HOST . NAV . ONER . XXX . BELL . III.' (Thirty merchantmen and three men-of-war of the enemy's fleet captured and burnt.) Exergue: 'AD TEXELLAM . M . DC . XCVI .' (Off the Texel, 1696.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0766
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Nine Years' War: Battle of Dogger Bank, 1696
Date made: 1696
People: King Louis XIV of France; Bart, Jean
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm