Decoration for Thirty Years of Faithful Service for Subordinates (1808)
Also known as: Ereteken voor dertig jaar trouwe dienst voor ondergeschikten (1808)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1808
Round medallion of brass and iron with, behind glass on red cloth, silver thread embroidery of two crossed swords within a circle, with brass suspension loop. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0433; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), silver thread, brass (alloy), glass, textile materials; technique soldering, embroidering; measurements diameter 4.8 cm x height 7.7 cm x thickness 0.7 cm x weight 24.52 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
- iron (metal), silver thread, brass (alloy), glass, textile materials
- Technique
- soldering, embroidering
- Measurements
- diameter 4.8 cm x height 7.7 cm x thickness 0.7 cm x weight 24.52 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.8 cm x height 7.7 cm x thickness 0.7 cm x weight 24.52 g
Identification
- Original title
- Ereteken voor dertig jaar trouwe dienst voor ondergeschikten (1808)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-0433
- Museum classification
- draagteken · history medal
Catalogue references
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