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Object Type
Museum number: G3,FD.329
Description: Bronze medal. (whole); Bust of Georges II de Freundsberg, right, bearded, cuirassed. (obverse); To right, a city besieged, guns pointed in its direction; in the foreground a group of infantrymen; to left, the sea in which a naval battle takes place. (reverse)
Producer name
Production date: 1576
Production place: Made in: Netherlands
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 43 millimetres; Weight: 21.72 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Van Loon / Histoire metallique des XVII provinces des Pays-Bas (Vol. I, p.221); Smolderen 1996 / Jacques Jonghelinck Sculpteur, medailleur et graveur de sceaux (1530-1606) (90, p.334)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ruler; siege; naval engagement
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G3,FD.329

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