Insignia of the Neerlands Burgerwacht sharpshooters association in Amsterdam
Also known as: Draagteken van de scherpschuttersvereniging Neerlands Burgerwacht te Amsterdam
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1864
Silver insignia with eye, ring, and ribbon. Two crossed rifles in front of a target, the whole surrounded by a banderole with inscription: SCHERPSCH. VEREEN. NEERLANDS BURGERWACHT and surmounted by a royal crown. This insignia is worn on a red-and-black ribbed watered silk ribbon. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-138-1; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, silver (metal). 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
- textile materials, silver (metal)
Identification
- Original title
- Draagteken van de scherpschuttersvereniging Neerlands Burgerwacht te Amsterdam
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-138-1
- Museum classification
- draagteken · medal
Catalogue references
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