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Description: | Medal commemorating the expedition to Brest, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV, (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: The goddess Pallas Athene with a spear and Medusa's shield standing on the beach, a naval trophy (left), coast and shipping (right). Legend: 'CUSTOS ORAE AREMORICAE.' Exergue: 'BATAV . ET ANGL . AD LITTUS AREMORICUM CAESIS . M . DC . XCIV.' (Dutch and English killed off the shores of Brittany, 1694.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Expedition to Brest, 1694; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Expedition to Brest, 1694; 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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