Medal - Wilhelmus 4 - Prins Claus
Features
| Location |
Netherlands
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing company | Muntpost |
| Type | Collection medallions |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 448944 |
Series: Wilhelmus
Obverse
Two branches with leaves and flowers; a crown at the top
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Lijdt u mijn Ondersaten
Die oprecht zijn van aert.
Godt sal u niet verlaten
Al zijt ghy nu beswaert:
Die vroom begheert te leven
Bidt Godt nacht ende dach.
Dat hy my cracht wil gheven
Dat ick u helpen mach.
Translation:
Let no despair betray you,
My subjects true and good.
The Lord will surely stay you
Though now you are pursued.
He who would live devoutly
Must pray God day and night
To throw His power about me
As champion of your right.
Reverse
The full coat of arms of Willem Alexander as Prince of The Netherlands
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CLAUS GEORGE WILLEM OTTO FREDERIK GEERT + PRINS DER NEDERLANDEN + JONKHEER VAN AMSBERG
* 6 SEPTEMBER 1926 *
Translation: The full name of Prince Claus , his most important titles as Prince of The Netherlands, and his birthdate.
Edge
Plain.
Script: Latin
Comments
This medal is the fourth out of a series of sixteen. It bears the third out of the fifteen stanzas of the “ Wilhelmus”, the Dutch national hymn on the obverse, and the name and coat of arms of a descendant of the Dutch royal family on the reverse, in this case Prince Claus.
Together, the first letters of the fifteen couplets of the Dutch national hymn spell: WILLEM VAN NASSAV, which is another name for William of Orange.
The first medal in the series bears the portrait of William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange. He was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.
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