Capture of Breda with the Help of the Peat Barge, Medal Awarded to the Conquerors of the City
Also known as: Honorary Medal Awarded to the Officers and Soldiers who Conquered Breda with a Peat Barge
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1590
Gold medal. Obverse: warriors emerge from a ship laden with peat within a legend. Reverse: inscription below crowned coat of arms and lion with sword and bundle of arrows.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-C-2017-181; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4 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
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4 cm
Design
- Obverse
- warriors emerge from a ship laden with peat within a legend.
- Reverse
- inscription below crowned coat of arms and lion with sword and bundle of arrows.
Identification
- Original title
- Inname van Breda met behulp van het turfschip, penning geschonken aan de veroveraars van de stad
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-C-2017-181
- Museum classification
- triomfpenning · 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.