Nederland - Den Briel Penning 1572 (1872) Netherlands, Brielle, lead medal Victory of the Sea Beggars 1572

Commemorative medal on the victory of the Sea Beggars in 1572, Den Briel (?), probably issued in 1872 for the 300th anniversary. Lead/tin alloy, cast.

Obverse: within a plain border, the portrait of William of Orange to the left, with the inscription P.V.O. / 1572 (translated: Prince of Orange 1572).

Reverse: within a plain border, in six lines: DE / OVERWINNING / DER / WATERGEUSEN / BRIELLE / 1572 (translated: The victory of the Sea Beggars, Brielle 1572).

Reference: Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde, 9th volume, Amsterdam 1901, no. 233.

An extremely rare medal.

About the period:
On 1 April 1572 a storm drove the fleet of the Sea Beggars to Den Briel. Led by Lumey and Willem Blois van Treslong, himself born in Den Briel, they took the town in the name of Orange.
The Duke of Alba sent troops to win the town back. On 5 April the town carpenter Rochus Meeuwisz opened the Nieuwland sluice, and the water around the town held the Spanish off.
Other towns saw that Spanish rule could be broken and followed. Ever since, every Dutch child knows the rhyme: on 1 April Alba lost his glasses, a play on "bril", Dutch for glasses, and Brielle.

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