Medal - Wilhelmus 13 - Prins Floris
Features
| Location |
Netherlands
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing company | Muntpost |
| Type | Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 449144 |
Series: Wilhelmus
Obverse
Two branches with leaves and flowers; a crown at the top
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Soo het den wille des Heeren
Op die tijt had gheweest.
Had ick ghern willen keeren
Van u dit swaer tempeest:
Maer de Heer van hier boven
Die alle dinck regeert.
Diemen altijt moet loven
En heeftet niet begheert.
Translation:
Surely, if God had willed it,
When that fierce tempest blew,
My power would have stilled it,
Or turned its blast from you
But He who dwells in heaven,
Whence all our blessings flow,
For which aye praise be given,
Did not desire it so.
Reverse
The full coat of arms of Prince Floris (which is the same as his brothers')
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FLORIS FREDERIK MARTIJN + PRINS VAN ORANJE-NASSAU + VAN VOLLENHOVEN
* 10 APRIL 1975 *
Translation: The full name of Prince Floris, his most important titles, and his birthdate.
Edge
Plain.
Script: Latin
Comments
This medal is the thirteenth out of a series of sixteen. It bears the twelfth 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 Floris, son of Princess Margriet.
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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