Hospitable reception of the French refugees, medal presented by them to the city of Utrecht
Also known as: Gastvrije ontvangst van de Franse vluchtelingen, penning door hen aan de stad Utrecht geschonken
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1688
Silver medal. Obverse: crowned lion with sword and bundle of arrows standing on a beehive from which honeycombs fall, next to a coat of arms, within an inscription. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1349; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.53 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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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.53 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.53 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned lion with sword and bundle of arrows standing on a beehive from which honeycombs fall, next to a coat of arms, within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Gastvrije ontvangst van de Franse vluchtelingen, penning door hen aan de stad Utrecht geschonken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-1349
- Museum classification
- history medal · 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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