The Semarang civic guards and volunteers who fought at Gedung Demak, medal presented by the administration and inhabitants of Semarang, in the name of Markar Soekias
Also known as: De Semarangse schutters en vrijwilligers die bij Gedoeng Demak hebben gevochten, penning geschonken door bestuur en inwoners van Semarang, op naam van Markar Soekias
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
after 1825-09
Silver medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms within circumscription. Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3499; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight 27.35 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 3.8 cm x weight 27.35 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.8 cm x weight 27.35 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms within circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within laurel wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- De Semarangse schutters en vrijwilligers die bij Gedoeng Demak hebben gevochten, penning geschonken door bestuur en inwoners van Semarang, op naam van Markar Soekias
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3499
- 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.
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