Preservation of peace after the restoration of the stadtholder, medal presented to the citizens on guard duty in Rotterdam
Also known as: Bewaren van de rust na de herstelling van de stadhouder, penning aan de wachthebbende burgers te Rotterdam uitgereikt
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1787
Silver medal. Obverse: sword, entwined with leafy branches, lying on a cushion on an altar with inscription within a legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms in front of crossed fasces with axes, draped with a leafy wreath, below it a drapery with inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2932; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 15.7 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 3.6 cm x weight 15.7 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 15.7 g
Design
- Obverse
- sword, entwined with leafy branches, lying on a cushion on an altar with inscription within a legend.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms in front of crossed fasces with axes, draped with a leafy wreath, below it a drapery with inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Bewaren van de rust na de herstelling van de stadhouder, penning aan de wachthebbende burgers te Rotterdam uitgereikt
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2932
- Museum classification
- 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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