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Siege of Amsterdam, medal presented to the civic guardsmen after the siege

Also known as: Beleg van Amsterdam, penning aan de schutters uitgereikt na het beleg

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1651

Silver medal. Obverse: three armed civic guardsmen beneath a coat of arms, within a legend. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-827; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting, engraving; measurements diameter 5.6 cm x weight 315 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
silver (metal)
Technique
casting, engraving
Measurements
diameter 5.6 cm x weight 315 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 5.6 cm x weight 315 g

Design

Obverse
three armed civic guardsmen beneath a coat of arms, within a legend.
Reverse
inscription.

Identification

Original title
Beleg van Amsterdam, penning aan de schutters uitgereikt na het beleg
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-827
Museum classification
history medal · schutterspenning

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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