Medal cast
Two casts obverse and reverse of a commemorative medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: Head of King Charles II in a long wig, laureate (right) draped shoulders. Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI . FRAN . ET . HIBERNIA . REX.' Reverse: Britannia with a spear in her right hand and her left resting on her shield, seated at the foot of a rock; a three-masted ship in foreground, others in distance, the sun shining above. Legend: 'FAVENTE DEO.' (God being propitious.) Exergue: 'BRITANNIA.' The casts are mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.
Object Details
ID: | SEC0400 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667 |
Date made: | 25 Jul 1667; 1667 |
People: | King Charles II |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 55 mm |
Parts: | Medal cast |