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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3225363, member: 39&quot;]That medal commemorates the 100th anniversary of the &quot;restoration&quot; of the Netherlands. The inscription says &quot;Netherlands restored by Prince Willem VI of Oranje Nassau 1813-1913&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1813 the Netherlands became independent again, after several years of French control and occupation. A few years later the southern part got its independence from those Netherlands (and became Belgium) by the way. Willem (William) VI became King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow">Willem I</a>. And &quot;Je maintiendrai&quot; (I will maintain) is the country&#039;s motto. Don&#039;t know who designed the piece, sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit - Apparently the signature says something like &quot;T (...) Laars&quot;; did not help me either. Anyway, the lion with the sword and the arrows represents the Netherlands. Also, the fence refers to the &quot;Hollandse tuin&quot; (Dutch garden), another old symbol of the country. In this case, the lion (Netherlands) fights against the rooster (France); on earlier and later medals the enemy would be a Spanish, British, German ... animal. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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