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Description: | Medal commemorating Count Rosen, Director of the Admiralty. Obverse: Bust of Count Rosen (right), necktie and open coat. Legend: 'GUST . FRIDER . A ROSEN COM . SEN . R.' (Gustavus Frederick of Rosen, Count and Senator of the Realm.) Exergue: 'NATUS MDCLXXXVIII.' (Born 1688.) Reverse: The constellation of the Great Bear and Arcturus. Legend: 'IBIMUS UTCUMQUE PRAECEDES COMITES PARATI.' (We, companions, are ready to go with you whenever you lead the way.) Exergue: 'REGIO DUCI INVITE SUPERSTES VITAM PATRIAE IMPENSAM ED . MDCCLXIX.' (Unwilling to survive his royal chief, he ended a life of devotion to his country, 1769.)
caption: Medal commemorating Count Rosen Director of the Admiralty; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Count Rosen Director of the Admiralty; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Countfl medals Rosen | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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