Medal commemorating the fortifications at Ostend

Medal commemorating the fortifications at Ostend. Obverse: Youthful bust of King Charles II of Spain with long hair in armour, mantle and order of the Golden Fleece (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS IID G. HISPANIARVM ET INDIARVM REX FLANDRIAE COMES'. Reverse: View of the forts in foreground and shipping in the river, Ostend in distance; above, a hand issuing from a cloud pointing to a group of three cherubs resting on a ribbon, inscribed, one blowing a trumpet, one holding a wreath, the third a palm branch. Legend: 'FLANDRIA OSTENDE'. Inscribed on ribbon 'Neptvno.fD FrenVM CaroLVs apposVIt'.

Object Details

ID: MEC0877
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Roettier, John
Places: England
Date made: 1671
People: King Charles II of Spain; Roettier, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 44 mm