Lot 1499
The Battle of Doggersbank and the Death of Rear-Admiral Baron Gerrit Jan Wolter Bentinck (1745-1781). Silver Medal, 1781. 45 mm, by J G Holtzhey. A monument and funerary urn with military trophies, a ship at anchor beyond with flag at half-mast. Rev. Crowned altar with arms of the admiralty and military trophies around, DEUGDS BELONING. (Betts 587; vL 565; MH 632; J J Ford XIV, Stack's, 23 May 2006, 248, 249. 30.1g), Choice extremely fine. Estimate $250UP
Rear-Admiral Baron Gerrit Jan Wolter Bentinck died during the naval battle of the Doggersbank (Dogger Bank) in the North Sea, 5 August 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, part of the War of American Independence. Neither side actually prevailed but the Dutch, already allied to the United States, claimed a significant victory.
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