Siege of Naarden, badge awarded to the civic guards, struck by order of the main committee for the encouragement and support of armed service in the Netherlands in Amsterdam
Also known as: Beleg van Naarden, draagteken uitgereikt aan de schutters, geslagen op last van de hoofdcommissie ter aanmoediging en ondersteuning van den gewapenden dienst in de Nederlanden te Amsterdam
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1814 - 1816-03-15
Silver badge with suspension loop, suspension ring and ribbon with seven vertical stripes of unequal width in red, black and white. Obverse: inscription within an olive and palm branch tied into a wreath. Reverse: inscription within an oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-11-36; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.4 cm x height 1.5 cm x diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.93 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
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.4 cm x height 1.5 cm x diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.93 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.4 cm x height 1.5 cm x diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription within an olive and palm branch tied into a wreath.
- Reverse
- inscription within an oak wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Beleg van Naarden, draagteken uitgereikt aan de schutters, geslagen op last van de hoofdcommissie ter aanmoediging en ondersteuning van den gewapenden dienst in de Nederlanden te Amsterdam
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-11-36
- Museum classification
- draagteken
Catalogue references
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Research required
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