Insignia (pin) of the Amsterdam Civic Guard
Also known as: Draagteken (speld) van de Amsterdamse Burgerwacht
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1918
Metal pin. Obverse: crowned and colored coat of arms with legend: BURGERWACHT. Reverse: fastening of the pin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-162; 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal
Design
- Obverse
- crowned and colored coat of arms with legend: BURGERWACHT.
- Reverse
- fastening of the pin.
Identification
- Original title
- Draagteken (speld) van de Amsterdamse Burgerwacht
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-162
- Museum classification
- draagteken · draagpenning
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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