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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Michel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter. Legend: 'MICHIEL ADr . DE RVYTER . R . L . ADM . V . HOLL . E . WESTV . EC'. Reverse: Peace with olive branch and cornucopia, flanked by infant genii of war, and arms of France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, and the seven United Provinces. On a tablet below: 'De Vreede Beslooten met de Koninck van Engelant de Heeren Staten gene:rael den 19 Febr.1674'. On a scroll above: 'SOLI DEO GLORIA'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1290 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Third Anglo-Dutch War: Second Peace of Westminster, 1674 |
| Date made: | 19 Feb 1674 |
| People: | Ruyter, Michel Adriaenszoon de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 11 mm x 70 mm |