Medal of honour for George, an enslaved man
Also known as: Medal in honour of George, an enslaved man on the Leasowes-plantation.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1837
Silver medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: inscription. Reverse: coat of arms with inscription, flanked by two men in feathered headdress with quiver and bow, standing before a barrel and a bale, within a legend. In 1836, an uprising broke out in the Surinamese district of Nickerie. George, who worked on the Leasowes plantation, provided information to the colonial authorities, after which a number of enslaved persons were arrested. He received this medal as a reward. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-8969; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique forging, engraving; measurements height 9.7 cm x height 9 cm x width 8.4 cm x thickness 0.2 x weight 80.29 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
- forging, engraving
- Measurements
- height 9.7 cm x height 9 cm x width 8.4 cm x thickness 0.2 x weight 80.29 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 9.7 cm x height 9 cm x width 8.4 cm x thickness 0.2 x weight 80.29 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription.
- Reverse
- coat of arms with inscription, flanked by two men in feathered headdress with quiver and bow, standing before a barrel and a bale, within a legend. In 1836, an uprising broke out in the Surinamese district of Nickerie. George, who worked on the Leasowes plantation, provided information to the colonial authorities, after which a number of enslaved persons were arrested. He received this medal as a reward.
Identification
- Original title
- Erepenning voor George, een tot slaaf gemaakte man
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-8969
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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