Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604

Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604. Obverse: Plan of Sluys and the surrounding country with the names of places. Reverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'Gold for bronze' (in Greek) 'ITANE . FLANDRIAM . LIBERAS . IBER?' (Is it thus, Spaniards, you deliver Flanders?)

Object Details

ID: MEC0020
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Netherlands
Events: Eighty Years' War: Siege of Sluys, 1604; Eighty Years' War: Siege of Ostend, 1601
Date made: 1604
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 53 mm
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