Lot 2736

1676 (later work) - Medal 'Beloningspenning van de W.I.C. aan Jan Root' (vL.191) - Obv. Two sailing ships to the right on rough waves / Rev. Family coat of arms hanging on ribbon, below cartouche with text - brass cast (partly gilded) 82 mm 128,37 gram - good VF, sharp casting, in paper bag Schulman numbered 1266 - NB Awarded to Root for his services to the first West-Indische Compagnie, which was dissolved in 1674, on the coast of Guinea