DES below for engraver G W De Saulles
with a good face and pleasing tone
edge inscribed in raised letters decus
with winged head of Medusa at the centre
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, silver Medal by van Bylaer DES below for engraver GElizabeth I, Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, struck Silver Medal by G. van Bylaer, Philip II of Spain, and the heads of the Catholic Church and state, blindfolded, seated in discussion with their feet on a spiked floor, O. COECAS. HOMINVM. MENTES. O. PECTORA. COECA. [Oh the blind minds of men, oh the blind hearts], DVRVM. EST. CONTRA. STIMVLOS. CALCITRARE [It is hard to kick against goads], reverse, the Spanish fleet, some foundering on rocks, TV.