constanius Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 The Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) UTRECHT (1581-1795) Copper Jeton 25mm. Feuardent 15023 Shows a woman rousing a sleeping man from under a tree, whilst pointing to the town in the distance & saying O.THOMA .RESVEILLE (O Thoma awaken) the Rev: Shows a soldier(perhaps Swiss) with sword & halberd (in fact a partizan) accompanied by a Drummer-boy, trying to recruit a man armed with a gun and sword who is exiting a Barbershop, by saying MARCHE.A.MOY.LA.VIOLETE (March with me in the Violets).The Violets with the Marigolds, Lilies etc were Rhetorical Guilds in the Netherlands I assume that some perhaps had turned into Shooting Guilds or at least raised their own Militia. These Jetons from the Netherlands are much rarer than French & German ones. This one is particularly rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Interesting jeton. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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