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Description: | Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: A lion sporting amongst arms and cannon, a fleet in the distance. Below: 'LEO BATAVUS' (Dutch lion). Legend: 'SIC FINES NOSTROS LEGES TVTAMVR ET VNDAS' (Thus we defend our frontiers, our laws and our seas). Reverse: Inscription, 'DEO . AVSPICE . ASSERTIS . NON . MINORE . ANIMO . QVAM . SVCESSV . AVITIS . PATRIAE . LEGIBVS . ADVERSVS . TRES . POTENTISIMOS . HISPANIARVM . REGES . COACTIS . DEINDE . SEMEL . ITERVMQ'; CONTRA . VICINOS . BRITANNOS . ARMA . SVMERE . BATAVIS . POST . PACEM . EGREGIA . VIRTVTE . BELLO . PARTAM . ATQVE . REDVCTA . GENERIS . HVMANI . COMMERCIA . CONSVLES . SENATVSQVE . AMSTELODAMENSIS . MONVMENTVM . HOC . CIC . IC . C . LXVII . F . C.' (Relates how the Council of Amsterdam had this medal struck to commemorate the peace with Britain, great courage having been shown in this and the previous war with Spain.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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