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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Louis XIV (right), laureate. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS MAGNVS R . CHRIST . F . P . SEMP . VICT'. Reverse: Two representations of land battles enclosed by laurel branches. Below left: 'PVGNA AD FLEVR : D . I . IVL : MDCXC'. Below right: 'PVGNA AD STAFF : XVIII AV . MDCXC'. Naval action below. Exergue: 'PVGNA AD BEVES : D . X . ILV : MDCXC'. Legend: 'TERRAQVE MARAQVE'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1150 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Action off Beachy Head, 1690; Nine Years' War: Battle of Fleurus, 1690 Nine Years' War: Battle of Staffarda, 1690 |
| Date made: | 30 June 1690; 1 Jul 1690 18 Aug 1690 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 8 mm x 70 mm |