J.H. Docters van Leeuwen, fifty years titular chief engineer of Public Works, medal presented by dike reeves and heemraden of Alblasserwaard and Vijfheerenlanden
Also known as: J.H. Docters van Leeuwen, vijftig jaar hoofdingenieur titulair van Waterstaat, penning aangeboden door dijkgraven en hoogheemraden van Alblasserwaard en Vijfheerenlanden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1859
Bronze medal. Obverse: inscription within palm and myrtle branches tied together into a wreath. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4118; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 36.72 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 36.72 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 36.72 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription within palm and myrtle branches tied together into a wreath.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- J.H. Docters van Leeuwen, vijftig jaar hoofdingenieur titulair van Waterstaat, penning aangeboden door dijkgraven en hoogheemraden van Alblasserwaard en Vijfheerenlanden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4118
- 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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