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Landsteiner Medal for Blood Donation with the Blood Transfusion Service of the Red Cross

Also known as: Landsteiner-penning voor bloeddonatie bij de Bloedtransfusiedienst van het Roode Kruis

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1931 - 1944

Bronze medal, obverse: bust of Karl Landsteiner facing left with legend; reverse: a pelican with chicks on a nest with a cross at upper left, with double legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-0809; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5 cm x weight 54.79 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 5 cm x weight 54.79 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 5 cm x weight 54.79 g

Identification

Original title
Landsteiner-penning voor bloeddonatie bij de Bloedtransfusiedienst van het Roode Kruis
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-2-0809
Museum classification
history medal

Catalogue references

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