Netherlands Silver Medal 1745 Peace Negotiations with France VF-

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Dutch Silver Medal on Peace Negotiations with France, 1745

Obverse: Personification of the Dutch Republic seated on a rock, holding a fasces topped with a liberty cap in her right hand and a caduceus in her left. At her feet lie a bundle of arrows and broken weapons. Latin legend: "SALVS PVBLICA LEX SVPREMA" ("The public welfare is the supreme law").

Reverse: A monumental gate with doors being closed by a large hand holding a fasces. A soldier is seen inside the gate, withdrawing. Latin legend around: "CLAVDANTVR BELLI PORTAE" ("The gates of war are being closed"). In exergue: "1745".

Historical context:
This silver medal was struck in 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession, as a hopeful expression of the peace negotiations then underway between the Dutch Republic and France. The medal allegorically conveys the Republic’s desire to end hostilities: the closing of the war gates symbolizes the cessation of conflict, while the seated female figure on the obverse embodies the Dutch state advocating peace, order, and the common good. The Latin inscriptions, rooted in classical political ideals, underscore the primacy of public welfare and the longing for stability after years of war.

Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 7.27 g
Metal: Silver

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