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Capture of Quesnoy
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Capture of Quesnoy

Georg Wilhelm Vestner · 1712 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man with a laurel wreath within an inscription. Reverse: view of a captured city with a fallen oak in the foreground within an inscription; truncation: inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
history medalCharles VI (Holy Roman Emperor)NordQuesnoy, leInname van le Quesnoy (1712)
Credit lineQuesnoy ingenomen. 1712. Georg Wilhelm Vestner. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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