Belgium Historical medal N.D John the Fearless (freedom cap) – Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders EF

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John the Fearless – Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders / Jouvenel

Obverse: Bust of John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur), Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, facing right, wearing a fur-trimmed robe and a Phrygian cap (freedom cap). Around, the legend: “JEAN SANS PEUR DUC DE BOURGOGNE COMTE DE FLANDRE 1371–1419.”

Reverse: At top, a heraldic shield with sword and scroll. Below, a lengthy inscription in French:
“1404. – IL RENDIT A LA FLANDRE / SA NATIONALITÉ EN LUI RENDANT / L’USAGE DE SA LANGUE. – IL EÛT / TROP D’AMBITION PEUT-ÊTRE MAIS / CETTE AMBITION N’EMPÊCHA POINT / SES SUJETS DE VIVRE HEUREUX ET / TRANQUILLES SOUS SON RÈGNE. – / LIBERTÉ DES COMMUNES. – / PROSPÉRITÉ DU COMMERCE. – / JEAN FUT ASSASSINÉ AU / PONT DE MONTEREAU / EN 1419.”
(Translation: “1404 – He restored to Flanders its nationality by restoring to it the use of its language. He may have had too much ambition, but this ambition did not prevent his subjects from living happily and peacefully under his reign. Freedom of the communes. Prosperity of commerce. Jean was assassinated at the bridge of Montereau in 1419.”)

 

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