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Description: | Medal commemorating the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Dover, 1639. Obverse: Bird's-eye view of a naval action. Reverse: Inscription, within a wreath of roses, 'Aeternitati S . Ob Hisp . classe . navib . 67 spectatis belli ducib' naucl . milit 25m oniq' apparatu instructiss . illustr . Pr . Hen . Fred . ausp . a Martino Trompio Hollandiae maris pfect . 16 Sept 1639 navib tantu 17 aggressam, & seq . die circ . noct . iterum oppugnata, alteroq' die II navib . aucto dissipatam ac sub Angl . littor . castella cedere coacta, ibiq' per mense obsessam, tandemq' a Reg . decedere iussa 21 Octb . magna virt . deleta Ordd . Foed . Belg . F . F.' (The Spanish fleet of 67 ships after being attacked for three successive days by Admiral Tromp was forced to take refuge under the English forts, lay there blockaded for a month and subsequently, being ordered by King Charles I to leave, was destroyed.)
The medal is signed on the reverse side in lower case 'J. Looff f'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Tromp medals Maarten Harpertszoon | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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