Medal commemorating the Peace of Münster
Also known as: Medal commemorating the Treaty of Münster
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1648
Silver medal commemorating the Peace of Münster. Obverse: Hercules with club and Pallas with coat of arms and bundle of arrows hold three intertwined wreaths, arms and armour at their feet, above them putti with pennants bearing inscriptions.
Reverse: cloth with inscription held up by four putti beneath the crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-768; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 7.3 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 98.45 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 7.3 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 98.45 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 7.3 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 98.45 g
Design
- Obverse
- Hercules with club and Pallas with coat of arms and bundle of arrows hold three intertwined wreaths, arms and armour at their feet, above them putti with pennants bearing inscriptions.
- Reverse
- cloth with inscription held up by four putti beneath the crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning op de Vrede van Munster
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-768
- Museum classification
- 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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