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Description: | Medal commemorating the action off Malaga, 1704. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Spain, her right resting on her shield, her left hand on a column, seated on the shore, a winged Victory with crown and palm flying above; a ship (right) in distance. Legend: 'ORAE HISPANICAE SECURITAS.' (The security of the Spanish coasts.) Exergue: 'ANGLORUM ET BATAVORUM CLASSE FUGATA AD MALACAM XXIV . AUGUSTI . M . DC . CCIV .' (English and Dutch fleets defeated off Malaga.)
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Malaga, 1704; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Malaga, 1704; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Meisonie J.A. medals Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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