Netherlands Cast Silver Medal dated 1688 Landing of William III at Torbay VF

Netherlands — Landing of William III at Torbay — Cast Silver Medal, dated 1688

Unsigned cast silver medal commemorating the landing of William III, Prince of Orange, at Torbay in 1688.

Obverse: Helmeted Britannia standing beneath an orange tree, holding a staff surmounted by a liberty cap and resting her other hand on a Bible upon an altar. To the right, a column bearing the crowned shield of England and a scroll with a Dutch inscription proclaiming the restoration of Britain and its laws by the Prince of Orange. The date 1688 appears at the base. Legend: SOLI DEO GLORIA — “Glory to God alone.”

Reverse: The crowned Dutch lion holding a sword entwined with a branch and a bundle of arrows, one hind paw resting on a Bible and the other trampling a serpent. A fallen column inscribed MAG. CART. refers to Magna Carta. In the background, ships approach the coast marked TORBAY; BRITANNIA above. Legend: IN TVITIONEM RELIG PROTES — “In defence of the Protestant religion.”

An evocative allegorical design from the medallic imagery of the Glorious Revolution, presenting the intervention of the House of Orange as a defence of Protestantism and English constitutional liberties. Examples of the same design are preserved in Royal Museums Greenwich and the National Trust collections.

Material: Silver.
Manufacture: Cast; date of casting undetermined.
Diameter: 42 mm.
Weight: 19.08 g.
References for the design: Van Loon III, 380.2; Medallic Illustrations I, p. 641, no. 67.

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