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Description: | Medal commemorating the Dutch attack on Martinique repulsed, 1674. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A local man (right) standing looking with astonishment at a prostrate man bound to a naval trophy; Fame flying above holding a wreath and trumpet in either hand. Legend: 'COLONIA FRANCORUM AMERICANA VICTRIX.' (The French colony victorious in America.) Exergue: 'BATAVIS AD MARTINICAM CAESIS AC FVGATIS . M . DC . LXXIIII.' (The Dutch beaten and driven off from the Island of Martinique.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Dutch attack on Martinique repulsed, 1674; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Dutch attack on Martinique repulsed, 1674; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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