Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604

Medal commemorating the capture of Sluys and Ostend, 1604. Obverse: Plan of Sluys. Below, the crowned shield of Utrecht dividing the words 'ORDIN' and 'TRAIEC' (the State of Utrecht). Legend: 'IEHOVA . PRIVS . DEDERAT .' (God had given us before). Reverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'PLVS . QUAM . PERDIDIMVS .' (More than we have lost since). Below: 'CIC . IC . CIIII .'

Object Details

ID: MEC0022
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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