Orangist riot in Middelburg, badge in honour of William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, made from an Overijssel duit
Also known as: Orangistisch oproer te Middelburg, draagteken ter ere van Willem V, prins van Oranje-Nassau vervaardigd uit Overijsselse duit
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1766 - 1787
Silver and gilded copper badge decorated at the top and bottom with openwork ribbons. Obverse: on a red velvet ground: anchor; atop the shank, between two rosettes, letter V; at the left end of the stock the letter O, on the right side the letter R; in the centre of the shank the letter S; just above the crown of the anchor: head of a man on two crossed oak branches below date within a ribbed border. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-12-77; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), silver (metal), velvet (fabric weave); technique striking (metalworking), drawn thread work, gild, engraving; measurements diameter 3.2 cm x diameter 2.3 cm x thickness 0.2 cm x weight 4.24 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
- copper (metal), silver (metal), velvet (fabric weave)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), drawn thread work, gild, engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.2 cm x diameter 2.3 cm x thickness 0.2 cm x weight 4.24 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.2 cm x diameter 2.3 cm x thickness 0.2 cm x weight 4.24 g
Design
- Obverse
- on a red velvet ground: anchor; atop the shank, between two rosettes, letter V; at the left end of the stock the letter O, on the right side the letter R; in the centre of the shank the letter S; just above the crown of the anchor: head of a man on two crossed oak branches below date within a ribbed border.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Orangistisch oproer te Middelburg, draagteken ter ere van Willem V, prins van Oranje-Nassau vervaardigd uit Overijsselse duit
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-12-77
- Museum classification
- duit · draagteken
Catalogue references
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