Inauguration of Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, medal distributed among schoolchildren
Also known as: Inhuldiging van Wilhelmina als koningin der Nederlanden, penning uitgedeeld onder schoolkinderen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1898
Commemorative medal of silver with the bust of Queen Wilhelmina. With legend: "Wilhelmina Koningin der Nederlanden", and on the reverse a female figure in a chair writing at a table, behind her the Dutch Maiden holding a royal crown, with legend: "Ingehuldigd 6 September 1898". Copies of this were distributed to 76,000 children of the primary schools in Amsterdam on the occasion of the queen's inauguration festivities in Amsterdam in 1898. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-11359-A; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, copper (metal), cardboard, velvet (fabric weave); technique striking (metalworking), silvering; measurements height 2.9 cm x diameter 2.5 cm x weight 7.15 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- textile materials, copper (metal), cardboard, velvet (fabric weave)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), silvering
- Measurements
- height 2.9 cm x diameter 2.5 cm x weight 7.15 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.9 cm x diameter 2.5 cm x weight 7.15 g
Identification
- Original title
- Inhuldiging van Wilhelmina als koningin der Nederlanden, penning uitgedeeld onder schoolkinderen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-11359-A
- Museum classification
- history medal
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