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DEATH OF ADMIRAL MARTIN HARPERTZOON TROMP
MULLER, O. (Wouter): The Netherlands, 1653, Silver, 75 mm
Obv: Bust of Admiral Tromp, three quarters facing, in very high relief,
wearing a collar with order of St Michael, surrounded by naval emblems, under crown held by two
Putti. At the sides, naval trophies. Underneath on ribbon: Myn hert en handt
was voor het Landt. (My Heart and Hand Were for This Land.)
Rev: A naval engagement, with two men-or-war at close range, an English ship
sinking in the foreground, all within pearled inner border.
Waarom doet
muller Tromp door kunst van gout en silver leeven: om dat hy dyzer eew door
krygsdeugd heeft verdreven. obyt den. 10 aug: 1653 (Why Does the Art of
Muller Make Tromp Live in Gold and Silver? Because his Valor has Removed
from us the Age of Iron)
Two embossed plates, chased, and soldered together, with a ring for
suspension.
Ref: Van Loon II 364 Var.; M.I. 403/34; Hall, 194; Salton 145
Martin Harpertzoon Tromp (1597-1653), was
Lieutenant-Admiral of the Dutch fleet and was chiefly responsible for the
Netherlands' naval victories during the 17th century. Tromp's destruction of
the Spanish armada at the Battle of the Downs in 1639 effectively ended
Spanish sea power. In the Battle of the Texel, the naval battle between the Dutch and English forces
depicted on the reverse of this medal, in which the Dutch were trying to
break an English blockade off the Dutch coast, both countries incurred heavy
losses. During the battle Tromp was mortally wounded.
LINK to another medal of the Battle
of Texel and Death of Admiral Tromp by P. van Abeele (from National
Maritime Museum)
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