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jeton de marine
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a jeton de marine. Obverse: Bust of Louis de Bourbon in armour with a neck scarf. Legend: 'L . ALEX . DE . BOURBON . C . DE . TOVLOVSE . ADMIRAL . DE . FCE.' Reverse: Two banks of a river, houses right, trees left, lightning striking from clouds above. Legend: 'IPSO ETIAM METVENDA FRAGORE' (fearful in its very sound). Below: '.MARINE..1696'. Satire on the failure of the British bombardment of St Malo, 1695.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1194 |
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| Type: | Cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Bombardment of St Malo, 1695 |
| Date made: | 1695 |
| People: | Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 3 mm x 28 mm |