Medal - Battle of Nyborg

Reverse

Eight lines of text.

Lettering:
MAGNANIMI
PRETIO, QUOS VIS
VEL SUSCITAT ASTUS,
IAM DEBELLATIS,
UNDIQVE TUTUS
ERO:
XIV NOVEMB:
MDCLIX

Engraver: Jeremias Hercules

Comment

The elephant here represents Denmark, the falling man is the Swedish field marshal Palatine Philip of Sulzbach, the ibex is the other Swedish field marshal Stenbock, and Sweden is the snake. The motto of the Order is on the reverse. The allied troops soundly defeated the Swedes and returned Funen, Denmark's third largest island, to Danish control.