Planned unveiling of the monument in memory of Adolf, Count of Nassau, and the Battle of Heiligerlee, medal in honour of William III, King of the Netherlands
Also known as: Voorgenomen onthulling van het monument ter nagedachtenis aan Adolf, graaf van Nassau en de slag bij Heiligerlee, penning ter ere van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1872
Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within circumscription. Reverse: three coats of arms connected with a ribbon to a crown, within a two-line circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4278; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.2 cm x weight 186 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 3.2 cm x weight 186 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 186 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within circumscription.
- Reverse
- three coats of arms connected with a ribbon to a crown, within a two-line circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Voorgenomen onthulling van het monument ter nagedachtenis aan Adolf, graaf van Nassau en de slag bij Heiligerlee, penning ter ere van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4278
- 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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