Medal commemorating Admiral Hein and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628
        
        Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Hein (1578-1629) and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628. Obverse: Map of the western hemisphere. 'TROPI CANC. LINEA AEQUIN TROPI CAPRICO' marked on it. Legend: 'GENTES SERVIENT . EI . DONEC . VENIAT . TEMPUS QUO . EAEDEM [sic] AB . IPSO . SERVITUTEM . EXIGENT' (Jer.27 v.7). Reverse: Field divided equally; a plan of the naval action above, inscription below. Legend: 'FILIA . BABIL . QUASI . AREA . CALCABITUR . AB . AQUILONE . TEMPORE . MESSIS . EIUS' (Jer.51 v.33, 48). Inscription: 'VI . ID . SEPT. CIC IC . CXXVIII . AUSPIC . FOED . REGIM . BELG . SOCIET . IND . OCCID . DUCTU . P . P . HEYNI . POTITA . EST . IN . ET . SUB . MATANZA . SINU . CUBA . INS . REGIA . CLASSE ARGENTEA . REGNI . NOVAE . HISP' (a short account of the capture of the silver fleet).
              
      
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0027 | 
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals | 
| Type: | Medal | 
| Display location: | Display - QH | 
| Creator: | Unknown | 
| Places: | Netherlands | 
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628 | 
| Date made: | 1628 | 
| People: | Hein, Piet Pieterzoon | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
| Measurements: | Overall: 65 mm |