Medal presented by the Admiralty of West Friesland to sailors
Also known as: Penning door de admiraliteit van West-Friesland aan scheepslui vereerd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1648 - c. 1650
Silver medal. Obverse: three-masted ship. Reverse: two crossed anchors behind a crowned coat of arms, between them the letter P three times. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-394-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 16.15 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 16.15 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 16.15 g
Design
- Obverse
- three-masted ship.
- Reverse
- two crossed anchors behind a crowned coat of arms, between them the letter P three times.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning door de admiraliteit van West-Friesland aan scheepslui vereerd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-394-A
- Museum classification
- history medal
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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