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Medal - Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1668 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Personification of the United Netherlands stands facing, head turned to the right, wearing a laurel wreath and classical drapery; she holds a lance surmounted by a liberty cap in her right hand and rests her left hand on a shield bearing the Dutch lion. At her feet lie cannons, cannonballs, fetters, a drum, and military trophies, while behind her rises a trophy of arms including a helmet and breastplate; to the left and right, the open sea is depicted with a merchantman and warships under sail. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a twelve-line Latin inscription in the field, enclosed within an ornate border composed of laurel branches, sunbursts, and the heraldic shields of the Seven United Provinces of the Dutch Republic, with a crowned escutcheon at the top and additional provincial arms arranged around the periphery. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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