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Capture of Quesnoy, Commemorative Medal Struck in Honor of Louis XIV, King of France
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Capture of Quesnoy, Commemorative Medal Struck in Honor of Louis XIV, King of France

anonymous · 1655 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

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

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Copper medal. Obverse: bust of a man with a laurel wreath within an inscription; edge: inscription. Reverse: view of the town of Quesnoy; in the foreground a lion fleeing from a crowing rooster within an inscription; edge: year.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
jetonQuesnoy, leInname van Quesnoy (1655)
Credit lineInname van Quesnoy, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk. 1655. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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