Medal - Wilhelmus 15 - Prinses Irene
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# 449155 |
Series: Wilhelmus
Obverse
Two branches with leaves and flowers; a crown at the top
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Oorlof mijn arme Schapen
Die zijt in grooten noot.
U Herder sal niet slapen
Al zijt ghy nu verstroyt:
Tot Godt wilt u begheven.
Sijn heylsaem Woort neemt men.
Als vrome Christen leven.
Tsal hier haest zijn ghedaen.
Translation:
Alas! my flock. To sever
Is hard on us. Farewell.
Your Shepherd wakes, wherever
Dispersed you may dwell,
Pray God that He may ease you.
His Gospel be your cure.
Walk in the steps of Jesu
This life will not endure.
Reverse
The full coat of arms of Princess Irene (which is the same as her sisters' as princesses)
Script: Latin
Lettering:
IRENE EMMA ELIZABETH + PRINSES DER NEDERLANDEN + PRINSES VAN ORANJE-NASSAU PRINSES VAN LIPPE-BIESTERFELD
* 5 AUGUSTUS 1939 *
Translation: The full name of Princess Margriet, her most important titles, and her birthdate.
Edge
Plain.
Script: Latin
Comments
This medal is the fifteenth out of a series of sixteen. It bears the fourteenth 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 Princess Irene.
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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