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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of the Zuydersee, 1573. Obverse: View of the naval action, the shore (left) and in distance. Legend: 'INQVISITIO . INQVIRENDO . NIMIS . SEDVLO . SE . IPSAM . PERDIT.' (The inquisition by too sedulously enquiring destroys itself). Reverse: Inscription; 'C (Fleur-de-lis) W . 11 . OCTOBER . 1573. DOOR . LOVTER . GHEWELT . VAN . MENICH . HELT . DER . VRYE . WESTVRIESCHE . NATIE WERD . BOSSOV . GEVELT DIT . HIER . GESTELT TOT. LOFTEKEN . VAN GODS . GRATIE . 1615 ' (Only by the strength of many a hero of the free West Frisian nation was Bossu overthrown). Struck in 1615 and again in 1620.
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of the Zuydersee, 1573; reverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of the Zuydersee, 1573; obverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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