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Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Colonial Institute in Amsterdam (Vereniging voor Penningkunst 1926, second medal)

Also known as: Inwijding van het nieuwe gebouw van het Koninklijk Koloniaal Instituut te Amsterdam (Vereniging voor Penningkunst 1926, tweede penning)

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1927

Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Colonial Institute in Amsterdam (Vereniging voor Penningkunst 1926, second medal) — Rijksmuseum object NG-1985-16-1.

Dated by the museum: 1927. Museum attribution: Koninklijke Utrechtsche Fabriek van Zilverwerken van C.J. Begeer; Jacob Jan van Goor, Voorschoten. Material: bronze (metal). Museum description: Bronze medal. Obverse: view of the Royal Tropical Institute; exergue: three coats of arms within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription between leaves of coconut palm, tobacco plant, and sugar cane

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Physical characteristics

Materials
bronze (metal)
Dimensions museum
diameter 6 cm x weight 67.9 g

Identification

Original title
Inwijding van het nieuwe gebouw van het Koninklijk Koloniaal Instituut te Amsterdam (Vereniging voor Penningkunst 1926, tweede penning)
Museum object number
NG-1985-16-1
Museum classification
history medal

Catalogue references

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