Citadel medal with wax seal
Also known as: Citadel-medaille met lakzegel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
after 1832
Citadel medal with blue ribbon bearing a red wax seal. The blue ribbon is made of textile and damaged. On it is a red wax seal. At the top of the ribbon is General Chassé. The medal is round and bronze-coloured with a raised border. Engraved in the centre is the citadel of Antwerp. On the other side is a crowned W with the text DECEMBER 1832 below it, surrounded by a laurel wreath. The medal is attached to a suspension loop, which in turn is fastened to a ring. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-10387-B-3; its record gives material recorded as lacquer (coating), textile materials, bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), lacquering, forging, weaving; measurements diameter 34 mm. 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
- lacquer (coating), textile materials, bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), lacquering, forging, weaving
- Measurements
- diameter 34 mm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 34 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Citadel-medaille met lakzegel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-10387-B-3
- Museum classification
- medal
Catalogue references
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Research required
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