Citadel Medal with wax seal on ribbon
Also known as: Citadel-medaille met lakzegel op lint
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 bearing a red wax seal. The medal is round and bronze-coloured with a raised border.
In the centre, the citadel of Antwerp is engraved. On the other side is a crowned W with below it the text DECEMBER 1832 surrounded by a laurel wreath. The medal is attached to a suspension loop. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-10387-B-9; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, bronze (metal), lacquer (coating); technique weaving, forging, striking (metalworking), lacquering; 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- textile materials, bronze (metal), lacquer (coating)
- Technique
- weaving, forging, striking (metalworking), lacquering
- Measurements
- diameter 34 mm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 34 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Citadel-medaille met lakzegel op lint
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-10387-B-9
- Museum classification
- 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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