Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Piet Hein. Legend: 'NOCH SILVER GOVT NOCH STAET DE DEVGT TE BOVEN GAET'. (Valour surpasses silver, gold and rank). Reverse: Capture of the Spanish silver fleet. Below: 'SILVERVLOOT 1628' (silver fleet).

Object Details

ID: SEC1249
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628
Date made: 1628
People: Hein, Piet Pieterzoon
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 mm x 45 mm