Keeshondje, wearable badge in honour of Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, Mayor of Amsterdam

Keeshondje, wearable badge in honour of Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, Mayor of Amsterdam. Case in the shape of a rectangular box with rounded corners, the top and bottom of which are decorated with a lily branch within a border of waves; on both sides, the box is held together by a cylindrical knob decorated with a floral motif; a suspension loop is attached to the upper knob, while the lower knob is a hinge by means of which a rectangular medallion in a frame with rounded corners can be swivelled out of the case. Silver medallion: Obverse: bust of a man beneath a banner with inscription. Reverse: dog with pointed muzzle, hairy head and neck with mane, smooth hindquarters, and a long tail ending in a plume, which hangs looped back over the back above the date beneath a banner with inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-12-36; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), silver (metal); technique gild, engraving, fastened; measurements length 2.5 cm x width 1.9 cm. 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.