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Description: | Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: The goddess Ceres standing on the sea shore, a sheaf of corn in her left hand, the prow of an antique galley (left). Legend: 'ANNONA AUGUSTA.' (Imperial corn supply.) Exergue: 'FUGATIS AUT CAPTIS BATAV . NAVIB . M . DC . XCIIII.' (Dutch ships routed or captured, 1694.)
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Bart medals Jean Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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