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Lodge "La Charité", medal presented to its chairman Willem Holtrop in honor of his fifty years of membership

Also known as: Loge "La Charite", penning uitgereikt aan haar voorzitter Willem Holtrop ter ere van zijn vijftigjarig lidmaatschap

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1834

Paper medal. Obverse: all-seeing eye in the center of two overlapping triangles between trowel and hammer, above two crossed laurel branches and a star within an inscription. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath, inscription, and decorative border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-122; its record gives material recorded as cardboard, paper; technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.2 cm x weight 6.65 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
cardboard, paper
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 5.2 cm x weight 6.65 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 5.2 cm x weight 6.65 g

Design

Obverse
all-seeing eye in the center of two overlapping triangles between trowel and hammer, above two crossed laurel branches and a star within an inscription.
Reverse
inscription within a laurel wreath, inscription, and decorative border.

Identification

Original title
Loge "La Charite", penning uitgereikt aan haar voorzitter Willem Holtrop ter ere van zijn vijftigjarig lidmaatschap
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-6-122
Museum classification
erepenning

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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