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Peace of Aachen
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Peace of Aachen

Martinus Holtzhey · 1748 · 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 with suspension loop. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: Piety, depicted as a veiled woman standing by a burning altar, beside which a lion lies with sword and bundle of arrows in its claws, Bible before her and liberty cap on a spear behind her; above her floats Astraea on a cloud, with horn of plenty, olive branch and scales within legend; section: inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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history medalAkenVrede van Aken (1748)
Credit lineVrede te Aken. 1748. Martinus Holtzhey. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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