Victories at Hasselt and Leuven, in honour of William I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, medal awarded to Mr. J.H. Holle, lieutenant colonel in the mobile South Holland civic guard
Also known as: Overwinningen bij Hasselt en Leuven, ter ere van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, penning verleend aan Mr. J.H. Holle, luitenant-kolonel bij de mobiele Zuid-Hollandsche schutterij
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1831
Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: helmeted warrior seated on a rock with a spear draped with two crowns and a shield against which a sword rests; behind him a couchant lion with a bundle of arrows within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-11649-G; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.7 cm x weight 64.16 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.7 cm x weight 64.16 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.7 cm x weight 64.16 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- helmeted warrior seated on a rock with a spear draped with two crowns and a shield against which a sword rests; behind him a couchant lion with a bundle of arrows within an inscription; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Overwinningen bij Hasselt en Leuven, ter ere van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, penning verleend aan Mr. J.H. Holle, luitenant-kolonel bij de mobiele Zuid-Hollandsche schutterij
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-11649-G
- 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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