Netherlands. Maurice of Nassau. Capture of Grave, '1602'. Cast Silver Medal, after Gerard van Bylaer.
Obverse: Armoured and draped bust of Maurice of Nassau facing right, wearing a ruff. Legend: MAVRITIVS · PR · AVR · CO · NASS · CAT · MARC · VER · ET · VLIS. Signature G · V · B · F below the bust.
Reverse: A young orange tree growing from a felled trunk, enclosed by a wreath tied below. Legend: TANDEM · FIT · SVRCVLVS · ARBOR (“At length the shoot becomes a tree”). Date ANNO – 1602 in the lower field, partly indistinct.
The design commemorates Maurice’s capture of Grave in 1602 during the Eighty Years’ War. The regenerating orange tree symbolises the continuation of the House of Orange after the death of William the Silent.
Cast silver. Weight: 11.50 g. Diameter: 33.1 mm.
Reference: Van Loon I, p. 569, no. 3, for the type.
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