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Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Hein (1578-1629)
Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Heyn (1578-1629). Obverse: Short bust of Admiral Hein in a ruff (three-quarter left). Legend: 'PIETER . PIETERSZOON . HEYN'. Reverse: Three 17th-century ships of war in the foreground under sail, a city in the background. Above, the arms of Delfshaven and Dunkirk entwined by a ribbon inscribed with their names 'DELFSHAVEN DUYNKERKEN'. Legend: 'GOVDT . VOOR . SILVER . EER . VOOR . ALL . 15 NOVEMBER . 1577 - 20 . JVNI . 1629.' (Gold for silver, honour for all. November 1577 - 20 June 1629.) The legend refers to the admiral's capture of the Spanish silver fleet at Matanzas (Cuba).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2215 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Goor, J.J. van der |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628 |
| Date made: | 1938 |
| People: | Hein, Piet Pieterzoon; Hein, Piet Pieterzoon Goor, J.J. van der |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 70 mm |