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Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694
Medal commemorating Admiral Jean Bart recapturing the corn fleet, 1694. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: The goddess Ceres standing on the sea shore, a sheaf of corn in her left hand, the prow of an antique galley (left). Legend: 'ANNONA AUGUSTA.' (Imperial corn supply.) Exergue: 'FUGATIS AUT CAPTIS BATAV . NAVIB . M . DC . XCIIII.' (Dutch ships routed or captured, 1694.)
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Object details
| ID: | MEC0763 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Battle of Texel, 1694 |
| Date made: | 1694 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France; Bart, Jean |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |