H.W. Roelants, Lieutenant Colonel of the civic guard, medal presented by the non-commissioned officers and corporals in honour of his fifty-year jubilee
Also known as: H.W. Roelants, luitenant-kolonel der schutterij, penning aangeboden door de onderofficieren en korporaals ter ere van zijn vijftigjarig jubileum
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1864
Bronze medal. Obverse: helmeted coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: inscription within a laurel and oak branch tied together into a wreath; edge: signature. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4196; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.6 cm x weight 497 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 497 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 497 g
Design
- Obverse
- helmeted coat of arms within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel and oak branch tied together into a wreath; edge: signature.
Identification
- Original title
- H.W. Roelants, luitenant-kolonel der schutterij, penning aangeboden door de onderofficieren en korporaals ter ere van zijn vijftigjarig jubileum
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4196
- 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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