Four Days' Battle, medal made from missed-guard duty fines of the Amsterdam civic guard and distributed to the guardsmen on duty
Also known as: Vierdaagse zeeslag, penning uit de verzuimde wachtboetes van de Amsterdamse schutterij vervaardigd en aan de wachthebbende schutters uitgedeeld
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1666
Silver medal. Obverse: Fortitude, depicted as a Roman soldier with wreath and shield, protects the Dutch lion within an inscription. Reverse: inscription; edge lettering.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-980; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.6 cm x weight 34.39 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 34.39 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.6 cm x weight 34.39 g
Design
- Obverse
- Fortitude, depicted as a Roman soldier with wreath and shield, protects the Dutch lion within an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription; edge lettering.
Identification
- Original title
- Vierdaagse zeeslag, penning uit de verzuimde wachtboetes van de Amsterdamse schutterij vervaardigd en aan de wachthebbende schutters uitgedeeld
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-980
- 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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