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NETHERLANDS The Hague 1900 Royal Dutch Naval Exhibition 50.5mm bronze medal 51.29 grams, by J.C. Wienecke
Obverse: Neptune with trident, NEDERLAND'S GESCHIEDENIS TER ZEE HERDAGHT / J. C. WIENECKE (Trans: THE NETHERLANDS' HISTORY AT SEA COMMEMORATED)
Reverse: The Aemilia, the ship of M. Hz. Tromp in the Battle of Duins 1639, S GRAVENHAGE 1900 / J. C. WIENECKE
From the New York Times of 24 June 1900 – Royal Dutch Naval Exhibition will be held in The Hague from July 15th to September 15th of this year. There will be portraits of eminent naval commanders, engravings of naval engagements, descriptions of voyages, charts, models of vessels, medals and personal mementos of eminent men, such as autographs, arms and decorations. The Queen of Holland has loaned part of one the palaces at The Hague for this purpose, has herself consented to become the lady patroness of the exhibition, and has ordered a medal to be struck, which will be presented to the owners of the most important articles exhibited
Johannes Cornelis Wienecke (Heiligenstadt, 1872 - Apeldoorn, 1945) was a Dutch medallist.
