Illness and famine in the Spanish Netherlands as a result of the war blockade, Silver Medal. Obverse: Spaniard, standing between Hunger, depicted as a seated, emaciated woman, and Death, depicted as a skeleton, seated in the middle of a weapon surrounded by a wrap, cut: year. Reverse: stuffed horn of abundance within a wrap, cut off: inscription, Belgium, anonymous, Dordrecht, 1587, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 3 cm × w 7.70 gr
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Illness, famine, Spanish Netherlands, result, war blockade, black-and-white Medal, Obverse, Spaniard, standing, Hunger, depicted, seated, emaciated woman, Death, skeleton, middle, weapon surrounded, wrap, cut, year, Reverse, stuffed horn, abundance within, cut off, inscription, Belgium, Dordrecht, 1587, black-and-white, metal, striking, metalworking
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