Medal - Four Days Battle
Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1666 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 107.60 g |
| Diameter | 78 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Cast (Hollow cast) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 187316 |
| References | Van Loon II# II 527/4 Gerard van Loon. Medallic History of the Low Countries / Volume II: 1602-1667 (2 volumes). Edward Hawkins, Augustus W. Franks, Herbert Appold Grueber; 1885. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II / Volume I. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. George Charles Montagu; 1937. British and Foreign Medals relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs (1st Edition). National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Four Days Battle (11-14 June 1666)
Obverse
Facing armored bust of De Ruyter, turned slightly to the right, crowned by two Tritons and with arms and banners to each side.
Lettering: +DE RUYTER DIE DEN BRIT SYN MOET GETEUGELT HEEFT ALDUS DOOR MULLERS HANT INT GOUD EN SILUER LEEFT.A°MDCLXVI DEN XIIII IUNY
Translation: De Ruyter, who checked the courage of the English, thus lives in gold and silver by the hand of Muller, 14th of June, 1666
Engraver: Wouter Muller
Reverse
Scene of the sea battle.
Lettering: HIER STRYCKT HET BRITSCH GEWELT VOOR NEDERLANT DE VLAGH DE ZEE HEEFT NOT GEWAEGHT VAN ZULK EEN ZWAREDN SLAGH
Translation: Here the British forces strike their flag to the Dutch; never did the sea resound with such a tremendous conflict
Engraver: Wouter Muller
Edge
Plain
Comments
Frederiks 9/9a. MI, I, p. 521, 167. Van Loon II, p. 527, iv.
FNM I. Milford Haven 566
This medal commemorates one of the longest sea battles in history, The Four Days Battle, one of the major events of the Second Anglo Dutch War (1665-1667). It went on, in some ways inconclusively, until the British fleet managed to sail away into a fog bank: both sides claimed victory, but the British were definitely bested. In the end, however, the battle had no long term effect.
FNM I. Milford Haven 566
This medal commemorates one of the longest sea battles in history, The Four Days Battle, one of the major events of the Second Anglo Dutch War (1665-1667). It went on, in some ways inconclusively, until the British fleet managed to sail away into a fog bank: both sides claimed victory, but the British were definitely bested. In the end, however, the battle had no long term effect.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1666 | MDCLXVI | ||||||||||||||
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