Drainage of the Haarlemmermeer, medal struck by order of the State of the Netherlands
Also known as: Medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1853
Silver medal. Obverse: woman holding a sickle and sheaves of wheat and rye under her left arm, personifying the Netherlands, watches Neptune flee on his sea chariot with an oar raised in his left hand; in the background the Leeghwater pumping station; exergue: signature.
Reverse: inscription. The medal is marked with the caduceus of the Royal Dutch Mint. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-MC-1106; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 7.5 cm x weight 229.92 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 7.5 cm x weight 229.92 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 7.5 cm x weight 229.92 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman holding a sickle and sheaves of wheat and rye under her left arm, personifying the Netherlands, watches Neptune flee on his sea chariot with an oar raised in his left hand; in the background the Leeghwater pumping station; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription. The medal is marked with the caduceus of the Royal Dutch Mint.
Identification
- Original title
- Droogmaking van het Haarlemmermeer, penning geslagen op last van de Staat der Nederlanden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-MC-1106
- 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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