Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxegotha's return home from England

Medal commemorating the Duke of Saxegotha's return home from England. Obverse: A hilly landscape, a fountain with a dolphin (left), a tree (right). Legend: 'TE NON PRAESENTE RIGEMVS'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the royal yacht 'Katherine' under topsail and headsails. Legend: 'BREVI CERTVM QVO FATA FERANT.' Exergue: 'Katherine 1693.' Inscribed (on edge): 'FRIDERICO . DVCI . SAXONIAE EX ANGLII FELICITER REDEVNTI. ANNO M . D . C . XC III'.

Object Details

ID: MEC0381
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wermuth, C.
Places: Germany
Vessels: Katherine fl.1693 (HMY)
Date made: 1693
People: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm
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