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Jeronimo de Vries (Hieronymus de Vries), fifty years clerk and secretary in Amsterdam, medal struck by order of his children

Also known as: Jeronimo de Vries (Hieronymus de Vries), vijftig jaar griffier en secretaris te Amsterdam, penning geslagen op last van zijn kinderen

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1844

Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: inscription within a beaded rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3921; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.5 cm x weight 32.19 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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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 4.5 cm x weight 32.19 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 4.5 cm x weight 32.19 g

Design

Obverse
bust of a man within an inscription.
Reverse
inscription within a beaded rim.

Identification

Original title
Jeronimo de Vries (Hieronymus de Vries), vijftig jaar griffier en secretaris te Amsterdam, penning geslagen op last van zijn kinderen
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-3921
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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