HORNREICH COLLECTION of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
Netherlands Bz Plaquette 1938

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Medal, Plaquette, 1938, Bronze, Netherlands. PHILIPS VAN MARNIX OF ST. ALDEGONDE, Rectangle Medal Portrait Bust facing slightly right, fancy collar, Religious Symbols to right, Medallists signature below truncation, A.H. Staymann? Rv. Six line inscription, Ceremony 1583-1585.Manufactured by Fischer Co. History: Born 7 March/20 July 1540 – Leiden, 15 December 1598) was a Flemish and Dutch writer and statesman, and the probable author of the text of the Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus. Born in Brussels, he studied theology under John Calvin and Theodore Beza at Geneva. Returning to the Netherlands in 1560, he threw himself into the cause of the Reformation, taking an active part in the compromise of the nobles in 1565 and the assembly of Sint-Truiden. He issued a pamphlet in justification of the iconoclastic movement Beeldenstorm which devastated many churches in Flanders in 1566, and on the Duke of Alba's arrival next year had to flee the country.