Origin of Armed Societies in the Netherlands, Medal Awarded to G.R. van Wesel, Member of the Armed Society 'Tot Nut der Schutterij'
Also known as: Ontstaan van gewapende genootschappen in Nederland, penning uitgereikt aan G.R. van Wesel, lid van het wapengenootschap 'Tot nut der schutterij'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1784 - 1785
Origin of armed societies in the Netherlands, medal awarded to G.R. van Wesel, member of the armed society 'Tot nut der schutterij'. Silver medal with pierced hole on suspension ring.
Obverse: illuminated by sunlight, Liberty stands on a pedestal holding a cap on a spear in her left hand and an oak wreath in her outstretched right hand, while trampling a yoke, chains and a torch; left: firing civic militia, right: marching civic militia; foreground: drum, tent, muskets within legend; exergue: signature. Reverse: inscription within oak and myrtle wreath tied together by a bundle of arrows within legend.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-10-113; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 13.27 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)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 13.27 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 13.27 g
Design
- Obverse
- illuminated by sunlight, Liberty stands on a pedestal holding a cap on a spear in her left hand and an oak wreath in her outstretched right hand, while trampling a yoke, chains and a torch; left: firing civic militia, right: marching civic militia; foreground: drum, tent, muskets within legend; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- inscription within oak and myrtle wreath tied together by a bundle of arrows within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Ontstaan van gewapende genootschappen in Nederland, penning uitgereikt aan G.R. van Wesel, lid van het wapengenootschap 'Tot nut der schutterij'
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-10-113
- Museum classification
- erepenning
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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