Medal commemorating Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk (1803-1831)
        
        Medal commemorating Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk (1803-1831).  Obverse: Bust of Lieutenant van Speyk in uniform and order (three-quarter right). Legend: 'JAN . CAREL . JOSEPHUS . VAN . SPEYK . 1831-1931.'  Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a wherry with a gun in the bows under full sail; view of Antwerp in distance. Legend: 'KANONNEERBOOT NO 2 VOOR ANTWERPEN.' (Gunboat No. 2 before Antwerp.)
              
      
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2210 | 
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| Collection: | Coins and medals | 
| Type: | Medal | 
| Display location: | Not on display | 
| Creator: | Goor, J.J. van der | 
| Places: | Netherlands | 
| Date made: | 1931 | 
| People: | Speyk, Jan Carel Josephus van; Speyk, Jan Carel Josephus van Goor, J.J. van der | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 mm | 
 
                    