Swearing-in of the Government Regulations by the Civic Guard on the Neude in Utrecht, Medal Distributed Among the Members
Also known as: Beëdiging van het regeringreglement door de burgerschutterij op het Neude te Utrecht, penning uitgedeeld onder de leden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1786
Silver medal with a hole. Obverse: city of Utrecht, depicted as a crowned woman, standing beside an altar whose base is decorated with a cap of liberty and the year 1786; on the altar lie a bundle of arrows and parchment; she displays an unrolled paper to three guardsmen—an officer, a non-commissioned officer, and a burgher—standing before her and raising their hands to take the oath; in the background, onlookers from the civic guard. Reverse: inscription within oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2914; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 8.96 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
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 8.96 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 8.96 g
Design
- Obverse
- city of Utrecht, depicted as a crowned woman, standing beside an altar whose base is decorated with a cap of liberty and the year 1786; on the altar lie a bundle of arrows and parchment; she displays an unrolled paper to three guardsmen—an officer, a non-commissioned officer, and a burgher—standing before her and raising their hands to take the oath; in the background, onlookers from the civic guard.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Beëdiging van het regeringreglement door de burgerschutterij op het Neude te Utrecht, penning uitgedeeld onder de leden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2914
- 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.
Research required
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