City of Kampen, medal presented to the hostages carried off by the French
Also known as: Stad Kampen, penning aan de door de Fransen meegevoerde gijzelaars vereerd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1674
Silver medal with hole. Obverse: crowned coat of arms with two lions within an inscription. Reverse: inscription within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1146; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.6 cm x weight 32.22 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 32.22 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 32.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms with two lions within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Kampen, penning aan de door de Fransen meegevoerde gijzelaars vereerd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-1146
- Museum classification
- erepenning · 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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