Death of the Dutch Commander at the Final Battle
of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654)

CNG 102, Lot: 1392. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). 1581-1795. Cast AR Medal (70mm, 75.63 g, 12h). Death of Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the Battle of Ter Heijde, 10 August 1653. By P. van Abeele. Dated 1653. · MART · HERP · TROMP · R · L · ADM · V · HOLLE · WESTV ·, bust facing slightly right, wearing gorget and medal, set on an ornate background; Ao 1653 · below bust; (PvA) on truncation of arm; all within wreathed border / Crested familial coat-of-arms with griffin supporters; behind, two anchors crossed in saltire; OBYT Æ 56 (died at the age of 56) on banner above; below, scene of the Battle of Ter Heijde with Commonwealth ship sinking in the foreground. Van Loon II 376; MI 402/32; Eimer –. EF, toned.

At the Battle of Ter Heijde, Admiral Tromp was killed by a sharpshooter in the rigging of the ship commanded by Admiral Sir William Penn (1621-1670), the father of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania