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Medal cast
Cast of a commemorative medal. Reverse only. Burning of the ships near Chatham, inscription on a shell below. 'Jun . 1667 Door Order van haer E. Hoogh Mog onder 't'beleyt van d . Heer . R . Mich . A . d . Ruyter L . Ad . generael syn besprongen op de Rivier van Chattam d Coninckx Oorloogh Schepen en die verbrant en gesonken' (By order of their High Mightinesses, and under the command of Sir Michael, son of Adrian de Ruyter, Lt Adm. Gen., the ships of war of the King were attacked, burnt and sunk in the river of Chatham).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1279 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Attack on the Medway, 1667 |
| Date made: | Jun 1667 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 72 mm |