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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a naval reward. Obverse: The Dutch lion crowned. Legend: 'HOLLANDIA'. Reverse: Inscription: 'DE FELLE ZEE EN VLAEMSCHE REE EN AL HAAR WESEN DIE IS HERSTELT DOOR TROMP DEN HELT GOD SY GEPRESEN 18 Febru. 1639'. (The turbulent sea and the Spanish roadstead have been brought to their senses by the hero Tromp, God be praised, on 18th February, 1639).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1256 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Battle of Dunkirk, 1639 |
| Date made: | 18 Feb 1639 |
| People: | Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoon |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 49 mm |
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