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: 'Patriae Que Patri Que'. Below: 'CVM.PRIVIL.' Reverse: Map of the Netherlands with fleets engaged. Inscribed: 'OVDE TONGE NIEV VOSMAER and ORANGIEN VOSMAER, PHILIPS LANT'. Below on a cartouche: '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).

Object Details

ID: SEC1253
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: 8 mm x 56 mm