Box for a medal commemorating the May days of 1940
Also known as: doos voor een penning op de meidagen van 1940
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1940 - c. 1950
Square flat cardboard box and lid, pasted on the outside with light yellow paper and lined on the inside with grey felt, on the lid an inscription in a frame. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1192; its record gives material recorded as cardboard, felt (textile); measurements width 4.7 cm x height 4.7 cm x thickness 1.1 cm x weight 8.07 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- cardboard, felt (textile)
- Measurements
- width 4.7 cm x height 4.7 cm x thickness 1.1 cm x weight 8.07 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 4.7 cm x height 4.7 cm x thickness 1.1 cm x weight 8.07 g
Identification
- Original title
- doos voor een penning op de meidagen van 1940
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1192
- 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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