Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Cornelius van Tromp. Legend: 'CORN : TROMPIO COM : SYLL : EQ : ORD ; ELEPH : BAR:' Reverse: Inscription: 'HOLLANDIAE . ET WESTFRISIAE ARCHITALASSO . GALLORUM BRITANNOR : SUECORUM VICTORI FORTI FELICI . HUNC NUMM : CUD : IUSS : HAERED . CIC ICCXCI'. (In honour of the Admiral of Holland and West Friesland, conqueror of the French, the British and the Swedes, brave, fortunate, his heirs ordered this medal to be struck.)
Object Details
ID: | SEC1295 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
People: | Tromp, Luitenant-Admiraal Cornelis van |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 4 mm x 48 mm |