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Battle of Dogger Bank
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Battle of Dogger Bank

Johan George Holtzhey · 1781 · 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: a crowned Dutch maiden with a lance in her hand looks upward, where light from heaven shines upon her; before her stands the Dutch lion on cannons and an anchor, while lightning bolts shoot from the bundle of arrows he carries toward ships at sea; in the foreground left: a burning altar upon which medals lie and whose base is adorned with a liberty cap; around the altar lie a barrel and a bale within an inscription; edge: inscription. Reverse: a radiant star, in whose center and between whose six points seven laurel wreaths are found, adorned with a medal and bearing the names of Dutch admirals; behind the central laurel wreath two crossed anchors within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSlag bij Doggersbank. 1781. Johan George Holtzhey. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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