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Medal - Capitulation of the city of Tönning silver issue

Location Denmark
Year 1714
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Composition Silver
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Obverse description A central composition depicts a laurel-wreathed standard surmounted by a royal crown, flanked by the flags of Denmark and Norway, rising above an overturned barrel from which spill cannonballs, weapons, and enemy banners. In the left background, a panoramic view of the city of Tönning is rendered in low relief. The legend appears in two lines in the lower exergue.
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Obverse lettering SIC NON DIGESTA VOMENDA
(Translation: What can not be digested is spilled out)
Reverse description The reverse bears eight lines of Latin text in relief across the flat field, with no other decorative elements, concluding with the date VIII · FEBR · 1714 in the lower portion.
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