Medal of merit, presented to W. Drees in 1984 by the international Jewish organization B'nai B'rith
Also known as: Penning van verdienste, door de internationale Joodse organisatie B'nai B'rith in 1984 aan W. Drees verleend
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1984-12
Medal with eyelet on a blue and white ribbon of two stripes. Obverse: torch in hand with circumscription 'Distinguished Leadership & Service for Humanity / Dr. W.
Drees', and in the center 'Amsterdam December 1984'. Reverse: a seven-branched menorah with circumscription 'B'nai B'rith Kontinental Europa. District 19. Europe Continental'. In small leather case (NG-2003-43-B). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2003-43-A; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, metal; measurements diameter 6 cm x weight 70.29 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- textile materials, metal
- Measurements
- diameter 6 cm x weight 70.29 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6 cm x weight 70.29 g
Design
- Obverse
- torch in hand with circumscription 'Distinguished Leadership & Service for Humanity / Dr. W. Drees', and in the center 'Amsterdam December 1984'.
- Reverse
- a seven-branched menorah with circumscription 'B'nai B'rith Kontinental Europa. District 19. Europe Continental'. In small leather case (NG-2003-43-B).
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van verdienste, door de internationale Joodse organisatie B'nai B'rith in 1984 aan W. Drees verleend
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2003-43-A
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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