Prize medal of the International Colonial and Export Exhibition in Amsterdam 1883 (silver medal)
Also known as: Prijspenning van de Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel-Tentoonstelling te Amsterdam 1883 (zilveren medaille)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1883
Brass medal, on the obverse the portrait of King William III facing left above the diagonally placed crowned coats of arms of the Netherlands and Amsterdam, behind which is a scroll, with legend; on the reverse Fame with trumpet, enthroned on clouds, crowns a youth with torch, amid symbols of agriculture, industry, and the arts, above a cartouche, with legend.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0321; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 7 cm x weight 131.34 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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 7 cm x weight 131.34 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 7 cm x weight 131.34 g
Identification
- Original title
- Prijspenning van de Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel-Tentoonstelling te Amsterdam 1883 (zilveren medaille)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-0321
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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