Decoration (four-armed cross) for honourable, long-term and actual service in the civic guard as an officer, sixty-five years of service, worn by J. van der Lugt Melsert, commander at Brielle
Also known as: Ereteken (vierarmig kruis) voor eervolle, langdurige en werkelijke dienst bij de schutterij als officier, vijfenzestig dienstjaren, gedragen door J. van der Lugt Melsert, commandant te Brielle
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1866
Silver wearable medal with enamel, gilding, knob, ring and ribbon. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-90-1; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), textile materials, gilding (material); technique gild.
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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), textile materials, gilding (material)
- Technique
- gild
Identification
- Original title
- Ereteken (vierarmig kruis) voor eervolle, langdurige en werkelijke dienst bij de schutterij als officier, vijfenzestig dienstjaren, gedragen door J. van der Lugt Melsert, commandant te Brielle
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-90-1
- Museum classification
- ereteken · draagteken · erepenning
Catalogue references
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Research required
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