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Auction 66  22 Sep 2022
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Lot 451

Estimate: 4000 GBP
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Netherlands, Admiral Michael Adriaanszoon de Ruyter (1607-1676), the Four Day's Battle - Naval Action against the British, hollow silver medal, 1666, by Wouter Muller, facing bust three-quarters r., against naval trophies, wearing the Order of the Elephant on ribband, triton and nereid hold crown above, M A D RUYTER LUYT ADMIRAAL GEN on ribband below, rev. a naval engagement, two ships in close action with, to the fore, the stern of a sinking ship, 78mm. (vL [2021] 1666.17; vL II, 527; Frederiks 8/8a; MI 522/168; MH 567; Eimer 237, this specimen illustrated; Walker, A. S. & van Dam, M., 50 Masterworks from the Golden Age, 2015, no. 30), made as two separate plates joined at the rim, the rim with two small Gild, import or maker's marks and manufacturing air-hole, a handsome medal, good very fine, reverse better
The Four Days' Battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, was fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666, commencing off the Flemish coast and ending nearer to the coast of England. It remains one of the longest naval engagements in history.
(4000-6000 GBP)
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