Victory over the Turks in the Battle of Chesma, medal presented by the College of the Admiralty to Alexei Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Also known as: Overwinning op de Turken in de slag van Cesme, penning door het college van de admiraliteit geschonken aan Aleksei Grigorjevitsj, graaf Orlov
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1770
Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man with plumed helmet and baton of command within legend. Reverse: map with depiction of naval battle within legend; exergue: inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2726; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 9.2 cm x weight 232.83 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 9.2 cm x weight 232.83 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 9.2 cm x weight 232.83 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man with plumed helmet and baton of command within legend.
- Reverse
- map with depiction of naval battle within legend; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Overwinning op de Turken in de slag van Cesme, penning door het college van de admiraliteit geschonken aan Aleksei Grigorjevitsj, graaf Orlov
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2726
- Museum classification
- 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.
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