City of Enkhuizen, medal awarded for philanthropy shown during the collapse of a bridge on the day of the departure of the herring fleet
Also known as: Stad Enkhuizen, penning uitgereikt voor menslievendheid betoond tijdens het instorten van een brug op de dag van het uitvaren van de haringvloot
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
Silver medal. Obverse: blank field within oak wreath and legend. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-131; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.47 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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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.47 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.47 g
Design
- Obverse
- blank field within oak wreath and legend.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Enkhuizen, penning uitgereikt voor menslievendheid betoond tijdens het instorten van een brug op de dag van het uitvaren van de haringvloot
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-131
- Museum classification
- erepenning · medal
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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