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Badge of the Vereeniging Gezondheids- en Vacantiekolonies in Amsterdam 1887

Also known as: Insigne van de Vereeniging Gezondheids- en Vacantiekolonies te Amsterdam 1887

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1887

Brass brooch on attached red-black ribbon, in the form of a teardrop-shaped crowned cartouche, on which blue and red enamelled fields with inscriptions beneath a red and black enamelled Amsterdam coat of arms, with a small blue enamelled bottle-shaped pendant.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0341; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy), textile materials; measurements width 4.7 cm x height 6.1 cm x height 7.3 cm x height 8.5 cm x weight 29.88 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), textile materials
Measurements
width 4.7 cm x height 6.1 cm x height 7.3 cm x height 8.5 cm x weight 29.88 g
Dimensions museum
width 4.7 cm x height 6.1 cm x height 7.3 cm x height 8.5 cm x weight 29.88 g

Identification

Original title
Insigne van de Vereeniging Gezondheids- en Vacantiekolonies te Amsterdam 1887
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-2-0341
Museum classification
draagteken · history medal

Catalogue references

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