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Failed Relief of Rheinberg by the Count of Berg and Capture of Grave by Maurice, Count of Nassau
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Copper medal with a hole. Obverse: view of the town of Grave and besiegers under an inscription within a border. Reverse: relief army of the Count of Berg, preceded by a drummer and trumpeter, illuminated by heavenly light, in which the name Jehova is written in Hebrew within a border.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMislukte onzet van Rheinberg door de graaf van Berg en inname van Grave door Maurits, graaf van Nassau. 1602. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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