Inauguration of the National Monument for the N.A.P., medal presented by T.B.S. Soest
Also known as: Opening van het nationaal monument voor het N.A.P., penning aangeboden door T.B.S. Soest
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1988
Copper medal. Obverse: gauge bar, from which nine lines emanate; top left inscription, bottom right date. Reverse: in top view: three men walking in the street; on the left a manhole cover with a monogram on it; with accompanying plexiglass stand, consisting of two rectangular interlocking plates; lower part is decorated with light and ochre yellow waves and part of a gauge bar; upper part is decorated with a silhouette of a city and part of a gauge bar, and has a semi-circular cutout at the top left. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1988-29-A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), Plexiglas (TM); technique casting, engraving; measurements diameter 8.3 cm x weight 198.21 g. 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), Plexiglas (TM)
- Technique
- casting, engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 8.3 cm x weight 198.21 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 8.3 cm x weight 198.21 g
Design
- Obverse
- gauge bar, from which nine lines emanate; top left inscription, bottom right date.
- Reverse
- in top view: three men walking in the street; on the left a manhole cover with a monogram on it; with accompanying plexiglass stand, consisting of two rectangular interlocking plates; lower part is decorated with light and ochre yellow waves and part of a gauge bar; upper part is decorated with a silhouette of a city and part of a gauge bar, and has a semi-circular cutout at the top left.
Identification
- Original title
- Opening van het nationaal monument voor het N.A.P., penning aangeboden door T.B.S. Soest
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1988-29-A
- 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
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