medal
- Museum number
- G3,EM.220
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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William and his suite in an open boat near the shore at ORANIE POLD, a horseman approaching it; fleet at a distance. (reverse)
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Bust of William III, right, laureate, hair very long, no drapery. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1691
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 38.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states:
Very rare.
This medal commemorates the dangers and difficulties to which the King had been exposed. After a very stormy voyage he got into a small boat, but the waves were so boisterous, and there was such an accumulation of ice, that he was exposed to the severity of the weather, with no covering but a cloak, for nearly twenty-four hours. He was received with great joy at the Hague, and he, who had thus been preserved, was hailed as the preserver of his people.
See Rapin de Thoyras, Paul, ‘The Metallick History of the Reigns of William III and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, and King George I. [N. Tindal’s edition.], London, 1747, vii. 12; Van Loon, Gerard, ‘Histoire Métallique des XVII. Provinces des Pays-Bas’, 5 vol. La Haye, 1732-1837 (fol) [There is also an edition in Dutch, but with different paging], IV. 23.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: William landing in Holland
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,EM.220
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H151
- C&M catalogue number
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MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2) (3) (156)
