Inauguration of the Boulevard Eugène, medal with bust of Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy
Also known as: Inwijding van de Boulevard Eugene, penning met borstbeeld van Eugene de Beauharnais, onderkoning van Italië
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1862
Copper medal with suspension loop and carrying ring. Obverse: bust of a man facing right within circumscription. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4342; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking), gild; measurements height 1.6 cm x diameter 1.3 cm x weight 0.89 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), gild
- Measurements
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 1.3 cm x weight 0.89 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 1.3 cm x weight 0.89 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man facing right within circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Inwijding van de Boulevard Eugene, penning met borstbeeld van Eugene de Beauharnais, onderkoning van Italië
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4342
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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