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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: The Prince of Orange mounted on a galloping horse, Victory flies above him. Exergue: 'DEN PRINS . VAN . ORANGIE, ONZEN HELD . VAARDICH . STRYD . VOOR 'T VADERLAND ENDE VRYHEID WAARDICH'. Scroll: 'CVM . PRIVI'. (The Prince of Orange, our hero, fights for the mother country and liberty, with courage equal to a great object). Reverse: Map of the Netherlands with fleets engaged. Exergue: 'OVDE TONGE NIEV VOSMAER & ORANGIEN VOSMAER, PHILIPS LANT'. Below: 'A . VANDER . WILGE' Exergue: 'GOD . WAS . ZYN . VOLCK . DE . 13 DN . SEPTEMBER.GEDAGHTIGH EN . BRACHT . TOT . NIET.'TVTYANS VLOOT.OVER.DESEILEN 80.1631'.(God remembered his people on September 13 and destroyed the enemy's fleet of more than eighty sail).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1252 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Spanish fleet captured at the Slaak, 1631 |
| Date made: | 12 Sep 1631 |
| People: | Prince Frederick Henry of Orange |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 57 mm |