Medal of the Dutch-Belgian Society of Friends of the Medal
Also known as: Penning van de Nederlandsch-Belgische Vereniging van Vrienden van de Medaille
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1913
Bronze medal of the Dutch-Belgian Society of Friends of the Medal; obverse: naked woman rises from stylized waves, behind her a shell-like shape, with inscription "Van de zee het onmeetlijk gewemel"; reverse: 5 stylized women, whose lower bodies together form a tulip shape, before a field of tulips in four rows, with sun rays at the top, with inscription "Het bloeieinde wjde land" and the name of the publisher.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1972-125; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); measurements diameter 6.5 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van de Nederlandsch-Belgische Vereniging van Vrienden van de Medaille
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1972-125
- Museum classification
- medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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