Medal of the Westzijde Burger Compagnie in Batavia
Also known as: Penning der Westzijde Borger Compagnie te Batavia
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1702
Silver-plated copper medal. Reproduction. Obverse: drum with standard, pikes, hand mortar, lance, and trophy. Below, a gorget and at the top a smallsword with the point through a laurel wreath (the coat of arms of Batavia).
Reverse: West/ zijde Bate/ Borgr Comp/ A° 1702. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-22-1; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), silver (metal); technique silvering. 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), silver (metal)
- Technique
- silvering
Design
- Obverse
- drum with standard, pikes, hand mortar, lance, and trophy. Below, a gorget and at the top a smallsword with the point through a laurel wreath (the coat of arms of Batavia).
- Reverse
- West/ zijde Bate/ Borgr Comp/ A° 1702.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning der Westzijde Borger Compagnie te Batavia
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-22-1
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.