J.F. Vleminckx, Inspector-General of the Medical Service of the Belgian Army, medal offered by the officers of the Medical Service
Also known as: J.F. Vleminckx, inspecteur-generaal van de geneeskundige dienst van het Belgische leger, penning aangeboden door de officieren van de geneeskundige dienst
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1853
Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: inscription below a mirror around which a serpent coils, within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4044; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.2 cm x weight 99.22 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.2 cm x weight 99.22 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.2 cm x weight 99.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription below a mirror around which a serpent coils, within a laurel wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- J.F. Vleminckx, inspecteur-generaal van de geneeskundige dienst van het Belgische leger, penning aangeboden door de officieren van de geneeskundige dienst
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4044
- 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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