Great Britain. South Cambridgeshire District Council Token. Dated 2002. Golden Jubilee - 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The Only Dutch Motto in British Civic Heraldry

Great Britain. South Cambridgeshire District Council Token. Dated 2002. Golden Jubilee - 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. • GOLDEN JUBILEE • • ELIZABETH II 2002 •, crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; behind, crown within •THE QUEEN'S•GOLDEN JUBILEE• / SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL, coat of arms with motto: NIET • ZONDER • ARBYT ('nothing without work'). 8.28gr, 27mm, 12h. Near Mint State.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595-1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. He was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire. In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters. His motto Niet Zonder Arbyt (Nothing Without Work) was adopted as the official motto of South Cambridgeshire District Council.