Decoration for twenty years of service as an officer in the Amsterdam civic guard, worn by A. Mendes da Costa, lieutenant colonel
Also known as: Ereteken voor twintigjarige dienst als officier bij de schutterij te Amsterdam, gedragen door A. Mendes da Costa, luitenant-kolonel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1892
Silver wearable medal in the shape of a rosette, with gilding, enclosed in a fabric covering and with a stud on the reverse. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-S-MP-91-8; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), 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
- gilding (material), textile materials, silver (metal)
Identification
- Original title
- Ereteken voor twintigjarige dienst als officier bij de schutterij te Amsterdam, gedragen door A. Mendes da Costa, luitenant-kolonel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-S-MP-91-8
- Museum classification
- draagpenning · erepenning · ereteken
Catalogue references
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