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Description: | Medal commemorating Admiral Jacques Bagge, b.1499. Obverse: Admiral Bagge's coat of arms with plumed helmet and three flags above, scrolls on either side. Legend: 'JAC . BAGGE THALASSIARCHA.' (Jacob Bagge, Admiral.) Reverse: Victory, winged, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand, standing on the bow of an antique galley, laden with trophies. Legend: 'TESTIS ERIT MAGNIS VIRTUTIBUS UNDA.' (The sea will bear witness to his great virtues.) Exergue: 'AD BORNHOLMIAM, 1563.' (At Bornholm, 1563.) Struck by the Swedish Academy.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Jacquesb Bagge Enegren G.A. | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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