Joan Daniel Cornelis Carel Willem, Baron d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, medal presented by the officers of the Mobile Utrecht Civic Guard unit to their colonel
Also known as: Joan Daniel Cornelis Carel Willem, baron d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, penning door de officieren van de afdeling Mobiele Utrechtse Schutterij aan hun kolonel geschonken
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1853
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man in uniform with decorations, in profile facing right within an inscription. Reverse: trophy of arms, against which the Metal Cross is placed, within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3762; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.8 cm x weight 392 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 392 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 392 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man in uniform with decorations, in profile facing right within an inscription.
- Reverse
- trophy of arms, against which the Metal Cross is placed, within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Joan Daniel Cornelis Carel Willem, baron d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, penning door de officieren van de afdeling Mobiele Utrechtse Schutterij aan hun kolonel geschonken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3762
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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Research required
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