A COLLECTION OF DUTCH JETONS. SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS. Copper Jetons (3), Vigilance of the Farnèse, 1586, a stork, VIGILIA ET LABORE, crowned arms of Philip II (Dugn 3110; vL I, 367); Capture of Breda, 1590, Dordrecht, soldiers in a boat loaded with peat, PARATI VINCERE AVT MORI 4 NONAR MARTII, rev legend, BREDA A SERVITVTE ... (Dugn 3255); Conquest of Three Cities, 1592, hand from cloud below the name JEHOVAH, ZELVS DOMINI ... (Dugn 3304; vL I, 431). First and last very fine, second better. (3)
Prince Maurice of Nassau captured Breda with mimimal casualties by smuggling soldiers into the city in boats delivering peat which the Spanish failed to search.
Estimate: £120-150