Commission for the Encouragement of the Naval Service, medal awarded to Dirk Waandert Engert
Also known as: Commissie tot aanmoediging der zeedienst, penning toegekend aan Dirk Waandert Engert
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1796
Silver medal. Obverse: trident decorated with Batavian flag and laurel wreath illuminated by sunbeams; at the base of the trident lie a rudder with a coat of arms upon it, an anchor, a compass, a cross-staff, and a sea chart; in the background, ships at sea within legend; exergue: inscription. Reverse: inscription within oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3051; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.2 cm x weight 29.99 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.2 cm x weight 29.99 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.2 cm x weight 29.99 g
Design
- Obverse
- trident decorated with Batavian flag and laurel wreath illuminated by sunbeams; at the base of the trident lie a rudder with a coat of arms upon it, an anchor, a compass, a cross-staff, and a sea chart; in the background, ships at sea within legend; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Commissie tot aanmoediging der zeedienst, penning toegekend aan Dirk Waandert Engert
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3051
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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