In honour of those doctors who vaccinated more than one hundred people in one year, medal in gold awarded pursuant to a decree of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland
Also known as: Ter ere van die doctoren die in een jaar meer dan honderd mensen hebben ingeent, penning in goud uitgereikt op grond van een decreet van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1809
Copper medal. Obverse: Fame with caduceus in hands blows a trumpet; beneath her a cow within an inscription; exergue: year. Reverse: blank field within oak wreath and inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3181; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 4 cm x weight 15.22 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm x weight 15.22 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4 cm x weight 15.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- Fame with caduceus in hands blows a trumpet; beneath her a cow within an inscription; exergue: year.
- Reverse
- blank field within oak wreath and inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Ter ere van die doctoren die in een jaar meer dan honderd mensen hebben ingeent, penning in goud uitgereikt op grond van een decreet van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3181
- Museum classification
- medal · erepenning · copy
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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