Medal commemorating Admiral Count Stenbock
Medal commemorating Admiral Gustavus Otto Stenbock. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Stenbock with long hair in armour and cloak (left). Legend: 'GUST . OTTO . STENBOCK COM . SEN . REGNI SVEC.' (Gustavus Otto Stenbock, Count and Senator of the Kingdom of Sweden.) Reverse: Three military trophies of armour, helmets, flags, cannon and shot. Legend: 'EGREGIAM LAUDEM ET SPOLIA AMPLA REFERENS.' (A winner of splendid fame and many a trophy.) Exergue: 'XL PER ANNOS TERROR HOSTIUM OB MDCLXXXV.' (The terror of his enemies for forty years, he died 1685.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0434 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Ahlborn, Lea |
Date made: | 1872 |
People: | Stenbock, Gustaf Otto |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 31 mm |
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