Tribute to the French vice-admiral De Suffren by the VOC, Johann Heinrich Schepp, after Franciscus Hemsterhuis, after Pieter van Damme, 1784 copy Lead medal; Nailing of an original copy. Front: head of a classicist woman to the left, with stabbed hair, ending in an elephant's head, with a small crown on her head; Below a (antique) rudder with fish and emblem VOC, around which a laurel branch is thrown around; with a change, marked. Reverse: inscription inside laurel wreath. With thick, slightly raised edge. Commissioned by VOC made as a tribute to Vice-Admiraal de Suffren for services he has p
Tribute to the French vice-admiral De Suffren by the VOC, Johann Heinrich Schepp, after Franciscus Hemsterhuis, after Pieter van Damme, 1784 copy Lead medal; Nailing of an original copy. Front: head of a classicist woman to the left, with stabbed hair, ending in an elephant's head, with a small crown on her head; Below a (antique) rudder with fish and emblem VOC, around which a laurel branch is thrown around; with a change, marked. Reverse: inscription inside laurel wreath. With thick, slightly raised edge. Commissioned by VOC made as a tribute to Vice-Admiraal de Suffren for services he has proven during the fourth English war (1780-1784), in particular at Cape of Good Hope and for the coasts of Ceylon (Trincomali) and India. The Hague lead (metal) striking (metalworking) Cape of Good Hope. Trincomalee. Goudelour. Dutch East Indies, The
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