Leg. GVILIELMVS . Ill . D . G . MAG .BBITT . FE . ET . HIB . EEX .
f . G (sic). Below, monogram, ¿Kj!F. (Jan Boskam fecit.)
Rev. Naval action ; a French ship in flames, another blowing
up. In front is the French Cock fleeing to land before a
Lion and a marine Unicorn, which seize the fallen trident.
Leg. im p e e iv m . p e l a g i . n o b is . (To us belongs the empire of
the sea.) Ex. in c e n sa . g a l l . c la s s e . ang . e t . b a t . v ic t o e e s .
m d c x c ii. (The French fleet burnt; the English and Dutch
victorious, 1692.)
2 -l . Rapin, xii. 12. Van Loon, IV. 96.
MB. M. P. H. Van Gelder, M . Gotha, M . St.
Petersburg, iR. Rare.
This medal again retorts upon Louis XIV., who in July,
1690, claimed the empire of the sea : England and Holland
now wrest the trident from his grasp, and assert that it is to
them that this empire belongs. (See No. 122.)
249. B a t t l e o f L a H o g u e . May, 1692.
Bust of William III., r., hair long, in scale armour with
lion’s head on the breast, and mantle fastened with brooch on
the shoulder. Leg. g v i l i e lm v s . i i i . d . g . m a g . b b i t t . f b .
ET . HIB . EEX . F . G (sic). Below, I . BOSKAM.
Rev. Naval action, somewhat differing from the preceding,
and of more delicate execution; one ship is blowing up, and
the sterns of four others are seen. In front is the French Cock
fleeing to land before a Lion and a marine Unicorn, which
seize the fallen trident. Leg. im p e e ivm . p e l a g i . n o b i s . E x .
INCENSA . GALL . CLASSE . ANG . ET . BAT . YICTORES . MDCXCII.
21.
MB. Ht. Hague, M. Very rare.
The dies of this medal are cracked, which may he the cause
of its rarity. It is probable that it was executed by the artist
before the preceding, and that the dies broke at an early stage
of their being used. This circumstance would account for the
difference in the style of the two medals, the preceding one
having been made in great haste and consequently with somewhat
less care.
250. B a t t l e o f L a H o g u e . May, 1692.
Bust of William III., r., hair very long, in scale armour,
with lion’s head in front and straps on the shoulder, and
mantle round the breast. Leg. g u l ie lm u s i h d . g . m . b e it :
FEANO ; ET HIB : EEX.
Rev. Neptune, with features of William, in his car, punishes
with his trident another, with features of Louis XIV., who has
assumed his appearance and equipage. Leg. s im il i pcena
commissa LUUNTUB. (Offences are expiated by commensurate
punishment.) Ex. m ih i s o e t e d a tum . ( T o me it has been
allotted.)
2 -85. Rapin, xii. 5. Van Loon, IV. 93.
MB. Ht. P. H. Van Gelder, iR. Very rare.
This medal is the work of Jan Luder.
Louis XIV., in the medal struck after the naval action off
Beachy Head, 80 June, 1690, was represented in a marine car
wielding a trident, and with the legend addressed to the British
and the Dutch, “ Speed your flight; to him belongs the empire
of the sea.” (See No. 122.) On the medal now struck William
is considered the true Neptune, punishing Louis as an impostor,
and announcing that to himself was the empire of the sea
allotted. The legends are taken from Virgil, Aen. i. 140, 148.
251. B a t t l e o f L a H o g u e . May, 1692.
Neptune, with uplifted trident, drives Louis XIV. from his
marine car, holding a trident tipped with fleurs-de-lis ; distant
naval action. Leg. n o n i l l i im p e e iv m ; s e d m ih i s o e t e
d atvm . (Not to him, but to me was the empire allotted.) Ex.
GUILIELMO . I l l . M . BEIT . E . OB IMPEBIUM MAEIS ASSEET. (To
William III., King of Great Britain, upon his asserting- his
dominion of the sea.) p .h .m . (Philipp Heinrich Muller.)