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Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667
Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: Holland standing with sceptre and spear on prostrate Envy between a lamb and a lion, a ship on fire (left), another sailing (right). Legend: 'MITIS ET FORTIS' (Mild and firm). Exergue: 'PROCUL . HINC . MALA . BESTIA . REGNIS IUN 22 1667' (Far hence from these kingdoms, thou pernicious beast!). Reverse: Peace standing with wreathed sword in right and cornucopia and caduceus in left hand; a hand holding a festoon and inscribed ribbon above her; ships in the background. Exergue: 'REDIIT . CONCORDIA . MATER . BREDAE JUL. 31 . Ao 1667'. On ribbon: 'IRATO BELLUM PLACATO NUMINE PAX EST' (War from an angry, peace from an appeased divinity). Inscription (on edge): 'NUMISMA . POSTERITATI . SACRUM . BELGA . BRITTANNOQUE . RECONCILIATIS . CUM . PRIVIL : ORDINUM : HOLLAND : ET . WESTF:' (Medal dedicated to posterity. The Dutch and British reconciled. By permission of the States of Holland and West Friesland.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0118 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Adolfszoon, C. |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667; Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667 |
| Date made: | 1667 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 71 mm |
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