medal
- Museum number
- G3,FD.94
- Description
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Gold medal. (whole)
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Bust Michael of De Ruyter, three-quarters, right, head facing, hair long, in cravat, armour, mantle tied in a knot on the right shoulder, collar and badge of the Order of St. Michael. (obverse)
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Naval engagement; in the foreground, ship on fire. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1666
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 69.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Rare.
Van Loon has placed this medal under the year 1676, as if relating to De Ruyter's death in the naval engagement off Syracuse. The reverse refers, however, to the war with England, and occurs on other medals of this time.
See 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], III. 176; Bizot, Pierre, ‘Histoire Métallique de la République de Hollande’, Paris, 1687 (new ed., 2 vol. Amsterdam, 1688, and Supl., 1690), p. 302.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Naval Action with the Dutch
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,FD.94
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H169
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (522) (169)