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Description: | Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck and showing at the back (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMVS'. Reverse: On a large trophy of sterns of stranded ships with Dutch and English flags a standing winged Victory, holding a wreath and palm branch in either hand. Legend: 'MERSA . ET . FVGATA . ANGLORVM . ET . BATAV . CLASSE'. Exergue: 'AD . ORAS . ANGLIAE . MDC . XC .'
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Roussel H. Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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