Red Cross Exhibition in The Hague, medal awarded to the Department of the Navy
Also known as: Medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1869
Gold medal. Obverse: striped cross within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription within a circumscription, beaded rim and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-MC-1240; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.5 cm x weight 35.59 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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 35.59 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 35.59 g
Design
- Obverse
- striped cross within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a circumscription, beaded rim and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Tentoonstelling van het Rode Kruis te 's-Gravenhage, penning uitgereikt aan het Departement van Marine
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-MC-1240
- Museum classification
- award 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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