Napoleon's Last Stand

G'day, interesting piece,
I infer that it is intended to commemorate Dutch independence: "Vivat Oranje".
regarding the Battle of Nieuwpoort, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nieuwpoort
Napoleon installed his brother as King of Holland. The end of his second reign was no doubt welcomed by many.
Do you know if this is a one-off piece ?

Peter in Oz
{I live just north-east of Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; and am slowly building a collection of Napoleonic coins)

G'day ... again,
"Not sure what you mean by "one-off"."
It looked to me that it might have been hand-engraved, as an individual piece;
rather than struck by a die, which would be the technique to make a batch of token, commemorative medals, etc.

"Can you translate the rest of what the medal says. Please."
sorry, I can only translate the Latin bits. Most of it is in another language, which I suspect is Dutch.
It's interesting to see the abbreviations "NED. BELG." which I take to mean "Netherlands & Belgium". Interesting, because Belgium was a part of the Netherlands until 1830, when it asserted its independence. That might date this token to post-1830.

Peter

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I believe that "penningvrienden" is Dutch for "medal collectors" (literally, "medal-friends"), so this piece was issued by the Dutch-Belgian Association of Medal Collectors.

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Christian