Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 40 21 Nov 2019
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Commemorative Medals, Netherlands, the siege of Groningen, silver medal of the Dutch Republic, 1672, signed M.H.S, panoramic cityscape of the besieged city of Groningen, mortars in the sky above, to the fore the besieging troops and their fortifications, rev. small Imperial eagle, legend in centre and around, SIT SUMMA GLORIA DEO NEC NON HONOS DOIS CIVIB MILITIÆ, ANNO MDCLXXII GRONINGA AB EPISC COLON ET MONAST ..., 56.5mm. (vL.III, 94, IV), the reverse a little double-struck, but a superb example, choice extremely fine with some original brilliance
The medal commemorates one of the Dutch victories during the first year of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). The armies of Maximilan Heinrich von Bayern, Bishop of Cologne and Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, had laid siege to Groningen inflicting a heavy bombardment but they failed to take the town, or as the legend states in translation, 'abandoned the siege in shame on 17 August'.
(600-800)
The medal commemorates one of the Dutch victories during the first year of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). The armies of Maximilan Heinrich von Bayern, Bishop of Cologne and Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, had laid siege to Groningen inflicting a heavy bombardment but they failed to take the town, or as the legend states in translation, 'abandoned the siege in shame on 17 August'.
(600-800)