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Description: | Commemorative medal Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obverse cracked. Obv.Inscr. "ANNA DVX IOIEVSE PRAEFECTVS REI MARITIME". Bust of Anne, Duc de Joyeuse, Amiral de France 1582-87, in armour, badge of the order of Saint Esprit round the neck. Rev. "VICTIMA PRO SALVO DOMINO FIT IN AETHERF SIDVS". An antique warrior, with raised sword, on an altar on which is a lamb as a burnt-offering. Clouds above, with rainbow, in centre of which a lamb marked with a star. Refers to death of the Duke in the Battle of Coutras.
Inscription. Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obverse cracked. Obv.Inscr. "ANNA DVX IOIEVSE PRAEFECTVS REI MARITIME". Bust of Anne, Duc de Joyeuse, Amiral de France 1582-87, in armour, badge of the order of Saint Esprit round the neck. Rev. "VICTIMA PRO SALVO DOMINO FIT IN AETHERF SIDVS". An antique warrior, with raised sword, on an altar on which is a lamb as a burnt-offering. Clouds above, with rainbow, in centre of which a lamb marked with a star. Refers to death of the Duke in the Battle of Coutras. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | Joyeuse Anne deca | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Paolo, Giovanni | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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