Prize medal of the Amsterdam Voluntary Civic Guard for marksman 2nd class
Also known as: Prijspenning (medaille) van de Vrijwillige Burgerwacht Amsterdam voor schutter 2e klasse
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1918
Metal wearable medal with knob, ring and ribbon. Obverse: kneeling female figure facing right, with both hands on a rifle in front of a target and a laurel branch.
Signature lower left. Reverse: a palm branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right, tied at the bottom with a ribbon, an inscription between them. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-155; its record gives material recorded as 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal
Design
- Obverse
- kneeling female figure facing right, with both hands on a rifle in front of a target and a laurel branch. Signature lower left.
- Reverse
- a palm branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right, tied at the bottom with a ribbon, an inscription between them.
Identification
- Original title
- Prijspenning (medaille) van de Vrijwillige Burgerwacht Amsterdam voor schutter 2e klasse
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-155
- Museum classification
- draagpenning · draagteken · award medal · schutterspenning
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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