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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: A cock lying on its back and being bitten by a mouse. Legend: (outer) 'VENERVNT GALLI . MISERI REDIERE CAPONES QVIS CASTRAVIT EOS . MVSCVLVS VNVS ERAT'. (The French came as cocks and returned as capons. Who emasculated them? It was one little mouse). Exergue: 'FOEDVS AVGVSTANVM PROLONGATVM' (Treaty of Augsburg prolonged). Reverse: Pallas standing and pointing to a ship bombarding, Louis XIV kneels before her turning his face from the gorgon's head on her shield. Legend: 'TERROR MAXIMUS EX IMPROVISO' (The greatest terror proceeds from the unexpected). Exergue: 'VRBES GALLIARVM MARI TIMAE FVLMINATAE' (the maritime towns of France bombarded 1694).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1001 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wermuth, Christian |
| Date made: | 1694 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 61 mm |
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