Medal - Death of Admiral Maarten Tromp
Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1653 |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 70.26 g |
| Diameter | 73 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 187339 |
| References | Vanhoudt# 1653-6 Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon. Medallic History of the Low Countries / Volume II: 1602-1667 (2 volumes). Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Edward Hawkins, Augustus W. Franks, Herbert Appold Grueber; 1885. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II / Volume I. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. George Charles Montagu; 1937. British and Foreign Medals relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs (1st Edition). National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom. Louis Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven; 1919. British Naval Medals: commemorative medals, naval rewards, war medals, naval tokens, portrait medallions, life-saving medals, engraved pieces, &c., &c.. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Śmierć admirała Maartena Trompa (1597-1653)
Obverse
(en) Three-quarter bust of Tromp turned slightly to the right, wearing badge of the Order of St. Michael; above, two putti with trumpets; around, two laurel branches and a wreath formed of military accouterments.
Lettering: Myn hert en handt was voor het landt
Engraver: Wouter Muller
Reverse
(en) Naval battle with ship sinking in the foreground.
Lettering: Waarom doet muller Tromp door kunst van goudt en silver leeven: om dat hy d'yser eew door krygsdeugd heeft verdreven den 10 aug 1653
Engraver: Wouter Muller
Edge
Zwykły
Comments
(en) M.I. I, 404, no 35 and pl. XXXVI, 6. TMNK 00594-00595. Van Loon II, p. 364, 3. Milford Haven I. 542
Maarten Tromp was one of Holland's greatest naval heroes. His father was a sea captain who was killed by pirates when Maarten was 12. The young boy was on board and attempted to convince the crew to keep fighting: in the end he was captured by the pirates and sold into slavery. He was freed two years later and returned to the sea, only to be captured again by the Barbary pirates. He was released again in 1622 and joined the Dutch navy, rising through the ranks until he became commander of the Dutch fleet. He was killed by a musket shot in 1653, during the Anglo-Dutch War of 1652-1653. The medal is by Wouter Muller, who was one of the Dutch masters of the curious cast technique used to make this medal - a mode of manufacture that resulted in some of the finest Dutch medals of the 17th century.
Maarten Tromp was one of Holland's greatest naval heroes. His father was a sea captain who was killed by pirates when Maarten was 12. The young boy was on board and attempted to convince the crew to keep fighting: in the end he was captured by the pirates and sold into slavery. He was freed two years later and returned to the sea, only to be captured again by the Barbary pirates. He was released again in 1622 and joined the Dutch navy, rising through the ranks until he became commander of the Dutch fleet. He was killed by a musket shot in 1653, during the Anglo-Dutch War of 1652-1653. The medal is by Wouter Muller, who was one of the Dutch masters of the curious cast technique used to make this medal - a mode of manufacture that resulted in some of the finest Dutch medals of the 17th century.
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