Medal on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Willem van Borsselen and Soetge Spierings
Also known as: Penning ter gelegenheid van het vijftigjarige huwelijk van Willem van Borsselen en Soetge Spierings
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1675
Medal of silver, on the occasion of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Willem van Borsselen and Soetge Spiegins. Obverse: man and woman together holding a ring containing the letter L, standing in front of a tree, between them two helmet-crested coats of arms within legend: WILLEM VAN BORSSELEN EN SOETGE SPIERINGS GETROUWT DEN VLII JUN.
MDCXXV. On the reverse the text: MYN INDEREN GEDENKT AEN 'T GOEDT DAT GODT ONS SCHENKT, DIE 'T SOET DER ECHT NAE 'T PAEREN ONS GUNDE VYFTIG JAEREN 1675. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-5287; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.8 cm x weight 34.41 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 34.41 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 34.41 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning ter gelegenheid van het vijftigjarige huwelijk van Willem van Borsselen en Soetge Spierings
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-5287
- Museum classification
- medal · huwelijksjubileumpenning 50 · marriage medal
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