Civic Guard Drill Society in Delft, medal distributed to members at the Prinsenhof
Also known as: Schutterlijk exercitiegezelschap te Delft, penning op het Prinsenhof aan de leden uitgedeeld
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1788
Silver medal. Obverse: the Netherlands, represented as a woman with a plumed helmet and a cap of liberty on a spear, leaning against a trophy of arms to which three coats of arms are attached; beside her, a burning heart on an altar and a Bible and censer on a stone; in the background, three rowers and a steersman in a boat rowing against the current, illuminated by a radiant all-seeing eye within a circumscription on a pennant; exergue: inscription on drapery. Reverse: inscription within a wreath of orange branches hung with five oranges. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2961; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 11.68 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 3.3 cm x weight 11.68 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 11.68 g
Design
- Obverse
- the Netherlands, represented as a woman with a plumed helmet and a cap of liberty on a spear, leaning against a trophy of arms to which three coats of arms are attached; beside her, a burning heart on an altar and a Bible and censer on a stone; in the background, three rowers and a steersman in a boat rowing against the current, illuminated by a radiant all-seeing eye within a circumscription on a pennant; exergue: inscription on drapery.
- Reverse
- inscription within a wreath of orange branches hung with five oranges.
Identification
- Original title
- Schutterlijk exercitiegezelschap te Delft, penning op het Prinsenhof aan de leden uitgedeeld
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2961
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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