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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Piet Hein. Legend: 'NOCH SILVER GOVT NOCH STAET DE DEVGT TE BOVEN GAET'. (Valour surpasses silver, gold and rank). Reverse: Capture of the Spanish silver fleet. Below: 'SILVERVLOOT 1628' (silver fleet).
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Object details
| ID: | SEC1249 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628 |
| Date made: | 1628 |
| People: | Hein, Piet Pieterzoon |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 45 mm |