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.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0766 |
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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 |