56 —1905.] DUTCH MEDAL. 409 
The following translation of the inscriptions is sub- 
mitted : — 
Reverse, 
The arms of an ancient stock 
from one and the same root. 
After five lustres 
silver gifts 
Announce the nuptial torches and joys of Timmers 
and his dear Schinne : their kinsmen earnestly 
desire the golden 
Their common vows of stainless wedlock are renewed. 
Obverse. 
Joh. Timmers and Sus. Lib. van Schinne 
23 Oct. 
Their minds are ruled by harmony. 
I take the blazons of the arms on the reverse from 
Rietstap's "Armorial General" (2ad ed.). 
Dexter Shield TIMMERS (Rotterdam). Coupe : au 1 de 
gu a un cerf couche d'arg boucle et rame d'or : au 2 d'or a 
une roue de cinq rayons de sa. 
Cimier, le cerf iss. 
Sinister Shield VAN SCHINNE (Roll SiU 16 Sept. 1815. 
M ^t). 
Dazur a un cerf ramp. d'or. 
Cimier. le cerf iss. 
S. deux griflEons reg. d'or, lamp de gu. 
D. Per aspera ad austra. 
The following are some genealogical particulars about 
Johannes Timmers and Susanne Libertina van Schinne: — 
Peter van Schinne^ a courtier or nobleman of Louise de 
Colligny^ daughter of the Secretary of Prince Willem was 
born in Brussels in the year 1554 and married at Delft Anna 
de Jong. He had by her : — 
Isaac van Schinne,^ Vice-admiral, chief of the Dutch 
settlements in Japan and Ambassador there, born in Delft 
* LIV. Navorscher 690. LV. Navorscher 61. 
