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Description: | Medal commemorating the commercial treaties between Holland, France and England, 1662. Obverse: Mars prostrate beneath the feet of Peace, who holds an olive branch in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left, standing behind a trophy composed of the shields of the three countries, flags, etc. Legend: 'DEVS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT'. Reverse: Inscription, 'De Vree met een olyvenbant, Verbint het vrye Nederlant, Aen groot Britanje ent Franscheryck, Zoo bloeyt de Staet der Vromenwyck' (Peace with an olive branch unites the free Netherlands to Great Britain and France. Thus flourishes the state, the refuge of free men). 'MDCLXII'. A rough contemporary copy of a medal by Jerian Pool.
caption: Medal commemorating the commercial treaties between Holland, France and England; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the commercial treaties between Holland, France and England; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals J. Pool | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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