Jonkheer Francois Frederik de Casembroot, for forcing the passage through the Shimonoseki Strait with the ship Medusa, medal presented by his officers
Also known as: Jhr. Francois Frederik de Casembroot, wegens het forceren van de doorvaart in de Straat van Shimonoseki met het schip de Medusa, penning geschonken door zijn officieren
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1888
Bronze medal. Obverse: a bay surrounded by hills with firing ships in the foreground. Reverse: inscription: AAN VICE-ADMi Jhr F. DE CASEMBROOT VAN ZIJN OUD ETAT-MAJOR 1888.
In the center, inscription: Zr Ms MEDUSA / SIMONOSEKI / 11 JULI 1863; above and below the inscription, stylized garlands with a 3-lobed calyx in the center. Between the two inscriptions, a thin beaded border. Relief border around it. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-8835; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.3 cm x weight 939 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.3 cm x weight 939 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.3 cm x weight 939 g
Design
- Obverse
- a bay surrounded by hills with firing ships in the foreground.
- Reverse
- inscription: AAN VICE-ADMi Jhr F. DE CASEMBROOT VAN ZIJN OUD ETAT-MAJOR 1888. In the center, inscription: Zr Ms MEDUSA / SIMONOSEKI / 11 JULI 1863; above and below the inscription, stylized garlands with a 3-lobed calyx in the center. Between the two inscriptions, a thin beaded border. Relief border around it.
Identification
- Original title
- Jhr. Francois Frederik de Casembroot, wegens het forceren van de doorvaart in de Straat van Shimonoseki met het schip de Medusa, penning geschonken door zijn officieren
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-8835
- Museum classification
- 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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