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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Obverse: Neptune with his trident uplifted driving Louis XIV from his marine car, ships in background. Legend: 'NON ILLI IMPERIVM: SED MIHI SORTE DATVM' (Not to him but to me was the Empire allotted). Exergue: 'GUILIELMO . III . M . BRIT . R . OB IMPERIUM MARIS ASSERT' (To William III, King of Great Britain upon his asserting this Dominion of the Sea)'. Reverse: Victory standing on an antique galley displaying the arms of England and Holland; wreckage and a ship in the distance (left). Legend: 'SE CONDET IN UNDAS' (It shall hide itself in the waves). Exergue: 'DELETA AC INCENSA GALLORUM CLASSE. MDCXCII' (French fleet destroyed and burnt 1692). Inscription (on edge): 'CON CASTIGATVS GALLORVM FASTVS ET ASTVS FLVCTIBVS, ET PUGNA FRACTVS ATROCE FRAGOR' (refers to the chastisement of French cunning in a fierce contest.) (School of Nuremberg)
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Obverse.
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of La Hogue, 1692. Reverse.
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: | Philipp Heinrich M�ller medals F. Kleinert | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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