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Description: | Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANNISIMUS.' Reverse: On a large trophy of sterns of stranded ships with Dutch and English flags a standing winged Victory, holding a wreath and palm branch in either hand. Legend: 'MERSA ET FVGATA ANGLORVM ET BATAV . CLASSE.' (The English and Dutch fleets sunk and put to flight.) Exergue: 'AD ORAS ANGLIAE . M . DC . XC.' (Off the English shore, 1690.)
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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