1813 Campaign, medal of honour awarded to Prussian soldiers
Also known as: Veldtocht van 1813, erepenning uitgereikt aan Pruisische soldaten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1813
Copper oval medal with suspension loop and ribbon with a vertical white stripe flanked on either side by a black and yellow stripe. Obverse: broad cross with rays between the arms and date on a shield. Reverse: in Gothic script: crowned monogram FW above inscription within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-130; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.1 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 8.4 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
- textile materials, copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 4.1 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 8.4 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.1 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 8.4 g
Design
- Obverse
- broad cross with rays between the arms and date on a shield.
- Reverse
- in Gothic script: crowned monogram FW above inscription within a legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Veldtocht van 1813, erepenning uitgereikt aan Pruisische soldaten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-130
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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Research required
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