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
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