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Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, medal presented by the State of the Netherlands

Also known as: Vijftigjarig huwelijk van Hendrik Willem Mesdag en Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, penning aangeboden door de Staat der Nederlanden

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1906

Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, medal presented by the State of the Netherlands — Rijksmuseum object NG-165-1.

Dated by the museum: 1906. Museum attribution: after design by Frederik Jeltsema; executor (maker): Carel Begeer, Utrecht. Material: velvet (fabric weave), leather, silk, bronze (metal). Museum description: Bronze medal. Obverse: busts of a man and woman in profile to the left (conjoined) within a circumscription. Reverse: view of the Mesdag Museum in The Hague between dates, above an inscription and within a circumscription.

With associated box NG-165-2.

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Physical characteristics

Materials
velvet (fabric weave) · leather · silk · bronze (metal)
Dimensions museum
length 13.2 cm x width 13.2 cm x height 2.8 cm

Identification

Original title
Vijftigjarig huwelijk van Hendrik Willem Mesdag en Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, penning aangeboden door de Staat der Nederlanden
Museum object number
NG-165-1
Museum classification
huwelijksjubileumpenning 50 · familiepenning · erepenning

Catalogue references

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