Gold medal of honour
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1762
Inscription, obverse: ‘Om dat / Joan Aalwis Wid- / jeje Warddene sene- / wiratne Maha Modliaar / zig altoos in zijnen dienst in bijzon- / ders, geduurende de laatsten onlusten, / boven veel zijner landsgenoten getrouw / gedragen heeft, zo is hem dese gedenk Penning / door den Wel Edelen Groot Achtb.
Heer / Jan Schreuder / Raad extraordinair van Nederlands / India, mitsgaders Gouverneur en Directeur van 't Eyland Ceijlon / met dies onderhoorigheden / vereerd bij deszelfs depart van Colombo na Batavia / op den 17 Maart / 1762’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1998-13; its record gives material recorded as sapphire (mineral), gold (metal); measurements height 12.6 cm x width 10 cm x depth 0.5 cm.
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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- sapphire (mineral), gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 12.6 cm x width 10 cm x depth 0.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 12.6 cm x width 10 cm x depth 0.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Gouden erepenning
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1998-13
- Museum classification
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.