Defence of Ternate against the British and Moors by Governor-Director Johan Godfried Budach, Medal Struck by Order of the Council of the Asian Possessions and Establishments of the Batavian Republic
Also known as: Verdediging van Ternate tegen Britten en Moren door gouverneur-directeur Johan Godfried Budach, penning geslagen op last van de Raad der Asiatische bezittingen en etablissementen van de Bataafse Republiek
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1801 - 1801-11-21
Silver medal. Obverse: Fame blowing a trumpet holds a laurel wreath above a shield with inscription, hanging from a column bearing a crowned globe; in background, smoking peak of Ternate and ships at sea within circumscription; exergue: inscription. Reverse: inscription below crown within laurel wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3084; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.5 cm x weight 56.1 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 56.1 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.5 cm x weight 56.1 g
Design
- Obverse
- Fame blowing a trumpet holds a laurel wreath above a shield with inscription, hanging from a column bearing a crowned globe; in background, smoking peak of Ternate and ships at sea within circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription below crown within laurel wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Verdediging van Ternate tegen Britten en Moren door gouverneur-directeur Johan Godfried Budach, penning geslagen op last van de Raad der Asiatische bezittingen en etablissementen van de Bataafse Republiek
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3084
- 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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