![Vrijheid; Je Maintiendrai 5 Mei 1945 [Freedom; I shall Maintain 5 May 1945]](http://wolfsonian.org/sites/default/files/object/83.1.301%20REVERSE.JPG?1320807283 "Vrijheid; Je Maintiendrai 5 Mei 1945 [Freedom; I shall Maintain 5 May 1945]")
- Title : Vrijheid; Je Maintiendrai 5 Mei 1945 [Freedom; I shall Maintain 5 May 1945]
- Artist: W. Walk Designer Rijksmunt (Royal Mint) Manufacturer
- Accession: 83.1.301
- Country: Netherlands Utrecht
- Date: 1945
- Dimensions: Inches 2-3/8 diameter, Centimeters 6.0 diameter
- Collection: Object
- Collection Theme: War and Political Propaganda
- Subject: Freedom and Art , Anti-Nazism , War/Military , Allegory , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: 83.1.301 OBVERSE.JPG, 83.1.301 REVERSE.JPG
- Tags: War and Political Propaganda
Description:
Netherlands Freedom Medal. Circular bronze medal with obverse depicting Batavia in republican hat of 16th century wielding a sword and olive branch; the reverse depicts the royal Dutch crown, a lion mauling a swastika, the date 5 May 1945, and the royal motto "Je maintiendrai" (in French; " I shall maintain"). Struck by Royal Mint, Utrecht. Caduceus mintmark.