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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Obverse: Hercules, seated on a rock, his club in his right hand (right), watching a distant naval battle. Legend: 'NE HERCULES ADVERSUS DUOS.' (Not even Hercules against two.) Reverse: Two fleets in action, wreckage in the foreground. Legend: 'BRITANNA ET BELGICA VIRTUS.' (The valour of the British and the Dutch.) Exergue: 'D . XIX . XXIX . MAJI MDCXCII.' (19-29 May 1692)
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of la Hogue, 1692; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of la Hogue, 1692; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals J. Smeltzing | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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