MODERN COINS
A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF DUTCH AND DUTCH RELATED MEDALS
The Dutch Republic. Breda . 1590. Medal (Silver, 39mm, 19.22 g 12), on the liberation of Breda from the Spaniards; unsigned but by G. van Bylaer. (rosette). PARATI.VINCERE.AVT.MORI.4.MARTII.(rosette)/.INVICTI.ANIMI.PR (= the reward of invincible souls, prepared to win or die on
4 March ) Troops disembarking from a canal barge filled with peat, within the walls of Breda. Rev. BREDA.A.SERVITVTE / HISPANA.VINDICATA / DVCTV. PRINCIPIS / MAVRITII.A. NASS: / A°.CI?.I?.XC (= Led by Prince Maurice of Nassau, Breda freed from Spanish captivity in the year 1580 ) Lion of Holland facing the arms of the Prince of Orange. Van Loon I, p. 403. Attractively toned. Extremely fine. Ex World-Wide Coins of California XXVIII, 16 November 1995, 357 and F. Muller, 1 December 1913, 12 (with original ticket). This commemorates the famous ruse of Prince Maurice’s, in which a picked band of troops were smuggled into Breda by hiding them within a barge filled with peat. The barge was allowed through the water gate and the troops later got out, over-powered the Spanish guards and opened the main gates to the Dutch army.