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Medal - Peace of Westminster
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1654 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large three-masted warship under full sail moves to the right across a choppy sea, with a flying figure at the masthead and cannon smoke to the left. Below the waves, three tritons or sea figures are depicted in vigorous relief. The date A° 1654 appears in the lower exergue. A circular Dutch legend runs along the outer border. |
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| Reverse lettering | WAAROM ZEILT.T'VREDESCHIP OP T.SILVER.IN.DE.ZEE? OM.DAT.DE.BROEDERKRIIG. VERANDERT.IN.VREE A°1654. (Translation: why sails this ship of Peace on this silver in the midst of the sea? Because the strife between brethren is turned into Peace) |
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