Honorary Medal of Queen Wilhelmina Awarded in 1893 to P.R. van Motman for Winning a Horse Race in Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1892
Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Regent Emma made a number of medals available for participants in the Exhibition of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Industry held in Batavia in 1893. Two large gold medals were awarded, four small gold medals, including this one, eight silver and eight bronze (see Java-bode of 22 November 1893); P.R. van Motman, owner of the Dramaga plantation near Buitenzorg, had submitted various coffee samples in 30 bottles (catalogue of the exhibition, no. 7). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2018-575; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.4 cm x weight 61.73 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
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 61.73 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 61.73 g
Identification
- Original title
- Erepenning van koningin Wilhelmina, in 1893 toegekend aan P.R. van Motman voor het winnen van een paardenrace in Batavia, Nederlands-Indië
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2018-575
- Museum classification
- award medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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