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Friesche Maatschappij van Landbouw, medal awarded as first prize for geraniums

Also known as: Friesche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning als eerste prijs uitgereikt voor geraniums

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1862

Bronze medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms within an oak wreath and circumscription. Reverse: inscription beneath a laurel wreath with ribbon above a plough. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-65-A; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.34 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
bronze (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking), engraving
Measurements
diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.34 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 4.9 cm x weight 43.34 g

Design

Obverse
crowned coat of arms within an oak wreath and circumscription.
Reverse
inscription beneath a laurel wreath with ribbon above a plough.

Identification

Original title
Friesche Maatschappij van Landbouw, penning als eerste prijs uitgereikt voor geraniums
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-6-65-A
Museum classification
award 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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