Marriage of Prince Frederick and Princess Louise of Prussia, medal presented by the Freemasons, with rim inscription 1825
Also known as: Huwelijk van Prins Frederik en Prinses Louise van Pruisen, penning aangeboden door de Vrijmetselaars, met randinscriptie 1825
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1825
Bronze medal, on the obverse Freemasonry as a standing woman with halo and acacia branch, holding rosaries above two oval shields inscribed F and L, with an inscription, on the reverse a radiant triangle with the letter G, with an inscription.
The inscriptions are in Masonic characters. With rim inscription in the name of B.N. van Foreest van Petten. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0476; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.5 cm x weight 37.83 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
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 37.83 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 37.83 g
Identification
- Original title
- Huwelijk van Prins Frederik en Prinses Louise van Pruisen, penning aangeboden door de Vrijmetselaars, met randinscriptie 1825
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-0476
- Museum classification
- history 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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