Red Cross, medal awarded to all Dutch Red Cross members who were active in France during the Franco-Prussian War
Also known as: Rode Kruis, penning uitgereikt aan alle Nederlandse Rode Kruis-leden, die tijdens de Frans-Pruisische oorlog in Frankrijk werkzaam waren
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1870
Bronze medal with suspension loop and suspension ring. Obverse: flag below date, above inscription within an inscription. Reverse: coat of arms beneath a pennant with inscription, above date, within a border of twenty coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4248; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.1 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.65 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 6.1 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.65 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.1 cm x diameter 4.9 cm x diameter 4.3 cm x weight 37.65 g
Design
- Obverse
- flag below date, above inscription within an inscription.
- Reverse
- coat of arms beneath a pennant with inscription, above date, within a border of twenty coats of arms.
Identification
- Original title
- Rode Kruis, penning uitgereikt aan alle Nederlandse Rode Kruis-leden, die tijdens de Frans-Pruisische oorlog in Frankrijk werkzaam waren
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4248
- 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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