Medal for Courage and Loyalty, bronze strike, 1839
Also known as: Medaille voor Moed en Trouw, bronzen afslag, 1839
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1839
Bronze medal with scalloped edge with ball and suspension ring, on the obverse five lines of text with legend, on the reverse four lines of text with legend in Persian script. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0165; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements width 3.6 cm x height 4 cm x weight 22.32 g. 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- width 3.6 cm x height 4 cm x weight 22.32 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 3.6 cm x height 4 cm x weight 22.32 g
Identification
- Original title
- Medaille voor Moed en Trouw, bronzen afslag, 1839
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-0165
- Museum classification
- history medal · draagpenning
Catalogue references
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Research required
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