Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal.Obverse: A winter landscape. Legend: 'TE NON PRAESENTE RIGEMVS' (when you are not present we freeze). Reverse: A single-masted vessels flying English colours. Legend: 'BREVI CERTVM QVO FATA FERANT' (soon we shall know where the fates bear us). Exergue: 'Katherine 1693.' Frederick, Duke of Saxony returns from England, 1693.
Object Details
| ID: | SEC1413 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wermuth, Christian |
| Vessels: | Katherine 1674 (HMY) |
| Date made: | 1692-3 |
| People: | Fredrick fl.1692 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 8 mm x 41 mm |
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