Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Gilding metal plated bronze
Weight
16.4 g
Diameter
40 mm
Thickness
1.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Prince Willem IV riding a horse trotting to the right. Around, his name and titles with the date of his accession.
Obverse lettering
❀ •
WIL• CAR• HEN• FRIZO• PRINS• VAN ORANIEN & NASSAU• 3 MAY•
1747• (Translation: Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau, 3 May 1747.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Coat of arms of Netherlands (a lion grasping a sword in one hand and a bundle of arrows in the other) in a frame decorated with a ribbon bearing the old Latin motto of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Legend around with the functions of Willem IV.
Reverse lettering
❀ • STADHOUDER• ADM.L• & KAP.n•
GENERAAL• VAN PROVINTIEN
`CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT` (Translation: Stadtholder, Admiral and Captain General of the 7 Provinces. `Our union is our strength`)