Medal for Lourens Veijselaar, survivor of the disaster with the Golden Buys Medal Stranding in 1693 of The Golden Buys in Helena Bay (about 100 km as the crow flies) and eventual rescue of two members of the crew, Lourens Thysz Veijselaar and Daniel Silleman, Silver Medal with an eye on a chain. Front: landscape with palm tree on the right with an elephant below, in the middle a river, and left, on the other side of the river, a European man (Veyselaar) amidst armed African men (Khoi). Various animals in the background. With a text. Reverse: sailing ship (VOC ship Gouden Buys) and rowing boat
Medal for Lourens Veijselaar, survivor of the disaster with the Golden Buys Medal Stranding in 1693 of The Golden Buys in Helena Bay (about 100 km as the crow flies) and eventual rescue of two members of the crew, Lourens Thysz Veijselaar and Daniel Silleman, Silver Medal with an eye on a chain. Front: landscape with palm tree on the right with an elephant below, in the middle a river, and left, on the other side of the river, a European man (Veyselaar) amidst armed African men (Khoi). Various animals in the background. With a text. Reverse: sailing ship (VOC ship Gouden Buys) and rowing boat in a bay surrounded by mountains (Helena Bay). With a text. The border texts are by jeweler-poet Dirk Schelte, Sint-Helenabaai, Lourens Thyszoon Veijselaar, Daniel Silleman, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, Enkhuizen, 1695, silver (metal), engraving, d cm l 31 cm
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