Medal of honour for Michiel de Ruyter
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1657
Oval gold medallion with accompanying triple chain, consisting of open, oval links. On the chain is a large carrying ring, from which hangs a smaller carrying ring.
From this, three small chains, consisting of thick, round links, lead to three suspension loops attached to the rim of the medallion. The medallion has the engraved coat of arms of Holland on the obverse: crowned lion with sword and bundle of arrows in its paws within a cartouche. Reverse: the engraved coat of arms of the Amsterdam Admiralty: lion, seated in an enclosed garden, with two crossed anchors in front of it, between two letters A within a cartouche.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-815; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking), forging, engraving; measurements height 6.8 cm x width 5.4 cm. 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
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), forging, engraving
- Measurements
- height 6.8 cm x width 5.4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 6.8 cm x width 5.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Erepenning voor Michiel de Ruyter
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-815
- Museum classification
- keten · erepenning
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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