Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Hercules, seated on a rock, his club in his right hand (right), watching a distant naval battle. Legend: 'NE HERCULES ADVERSUS DUOS.' (Not even Hercules against two.) Reverse: Two fleets in action, wreckage in the foreground. Legend: 'BRITANNA ET BELGICA VIRTUS.' (The valour of the British and the Dutch.) Exergue: 'D . XIX . XXIX . MAJI MDCXCII.' (19-29 May 1692)

Object Details

ID: SEC1020
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692
Date made: 19-29 May 1692
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 5 mm x 54 mm
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