Liberation of Overijssel from Spanish rule 2 Daalder weight

Features

Location Province of Overijssel (Dutch Republic)
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1597
Value 2 Ducaton = 6 Gulden
Composition Silver
Weight 57.57 g
Diameter 53 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
118961
References Van Loon# I 482
Gerard Van Loon; 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries (1555-1716) / Volume I: 1555-1602. John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt, Los Angeles, USA.
And 3 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Parliament medal on the liberation of Spanish rule with Maurice de Nassau Defeating the Spanish

Obverse

Armored knight on horseback with Latin legends surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERTATEM NEMO BONV NISI CVM ANIMA SIMVL AMISIT

Reverse

Seventeen shields within the outer border, encircling Provincial and City Arms that are all connected.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ORDINVM TRANSISSVLANIAE INSIGNIAE

Comments

Maurice organised the rebellion against Spain into a coherent, successful revolt. He reorganised the Dutch States Army together with Willem Lodewijk, studied military history, strategy and tactics, mathematics and astronomy, and proved himself to be among the best strategists of his age. The Eighty Years' War was a challenge to his style, so he could prove himself a good leader by taking several Spanish Outposts. Paying special attention to the siege theories of Simon Stevin, he took valuable key fortresses and towns during a period known as the Ten Glory Years: Breda in 1590, Zutphen, Knodsenburg in 1591, Steenwijk and Coevorden in 1592, and Geertruidenberg in 1593. In 1597 he went on a further offensive and took Rheinberg, Meurs, Groenlo, Bredevoort, Enschede, Ootmarsum, Oldenzaal and closed off the year with the capture of Lingen. These victories rounded out the borders to the Dutch Republic, solidifying the revolt and allowing a national state to develop behind secure borders. They also established Maurice as the foremost general of his time. Many of the great generals of the succeeding generation, including his brother Frederick Henry and many of the commanders of the English Civil War learned their trade under his command.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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