Battle of Soestdijk, decoration awarded by the States of Utrecht to the officers
Also known as: Gevecht bij Soestdijk, draagteken door de Staten van Utrecht uitgereikt aan de officieren
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1787 - 1788
Oval bronze decoration with suspension loop and ring. Obverse: winged Victory with a palm branch in her right hand and the banner of the Hesse-Darmstadt regiment in her left hand, standing on a pedestal while trampling a naked man lying on the ground with one foot; in the background, a view of Soestdijk Palace within an inscription.
Reverse: crowned coat of arms between an orange and an oak branch on a pennant with an inscription, above a drapery with an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-12-79; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique casting; measurements length 6.2 cm x length 5.4 cm x length 5.1 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 324 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- length 6.2 cm x length 5.4 cm x length 5.1 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 324 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 6.2 cm x length 5.4 cm x length 5.1 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 324 g
Design
- Obverse
- winged Victory with a palm branch in her right hand and the banner of the Hesse-Darmstadt regiment in her left hand, standing on a pedestal while trampling a naked man lying on the ground with one foot; in the background, a view of Soestdijk Palace within an inscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms between an orange and an oak branch on a pennant with an inscription, above a drapery with an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Gevecht bij Soestdijk, draagteken door de Staten van Utrecht uitgereikt aan de officieren
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-12-79
- Museum classification
- draagteken · copy
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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