Defence of Brussels, Medal Awarded by the City to the Armed Citizens
Also known as: Verdediging van Brussel, penning door de stad uitgereikt aan de gewapende burgerij
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
Medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: coat of arms within circumscription. Reverse: inscription within oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3299; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking), gild; measurements diameter 5.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm x diameter 3.4 cm x weight 25.65 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), gild
- Measurements
- diameter 5.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm x diameter 3.4 cm x weight 25.65 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm x diameter 3.4 cm x weight 25.65 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms within circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Verdediging van Brussel, penning door de stad uitgereikt aan de gewapende burgerij
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3299
- 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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