Need Help With ID Of A 1697 Dutch(?) Medal.

https://www.teylersmuseum.nl/en/col...og-1688-1697
Threaty of Rijswijk between the allies and France, end of the 9 year war
Please contact the museum to find out more

Title


Vrede van Rijswijk, gesloten tussen de geallieerden en Frankrijk - einde van de Negenjarige Oorlog (1688-1697).

Object type: penning
Dating : 1697
Material : silver
Technique: struck
Measurements: diameter: 26,7 mm
Description
front: Vrouw, met krans op het hoofd en hoorn des overvloeds onder de linkerarm, hoedt een kudde schapen.

back: Om- en opschrift.
Inscription:
voorzijde: WEIL FRID UND RUH SICH ZU VNS KEHREN

I can add a bit to Petrus's great information:

It's a two part legend in Early Modern High German with the center in Latin;

"Weil frid un ruh sich zu uns kehren / ietz kan sich fried und lust vermehren"

My guess as to the MHG, "Weil Friede und Ruh sich zu Uns kehren, jetzt kann sich Freid und Lust vermehren."

(Pretty optimistic considering that Europe was nearly constantly at war with itself during this time, and for two hundred years after.)

The Latin in the center: ANN. SAL MDCXCVIII D 30. OCTOBR. PAX ORBI EUROP. RESTIT.

Latin is not my strong suit but a loose translation would be along the lines of "In the year of Salvation 1697 on the 30th of October world peace was restored in/to Europe."

Note the use of ANNO SALUTIS instead of ANNO DOMINI, which was not commonly in use until the 18th c.

This particular piece is attested as far back as c.1750 in German catalogs of jetons and medals, meaning the 1697 date is probably fairly accurate.