© Nomos AG
© Nomos AG
Medal - Four Days Battle
1666 year| Silver | 107.60 g | 78 mm |
| Location | Dutch Republic (Netherlands) |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1666 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 107.60 g |
| Diameter | 78 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Cast (Hollow cast) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#187316 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
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
Comment
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.
