Promotion of Cowpox Inoculation, medal awarded by the Province of Limburg
Also known as: Bevordering der Koepokinenting, penning uitgereikt door de provincie Limburg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1843
Bronze medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, surrounded by decorative ornaments and flanked on the left by a cow's head and on the right by a club entwined with a snake; at the bottom of the coat of arms floral garlands within a circumscription.
Reverse: blank field within an oak wreath and circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-6-88; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.35 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.35 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.35 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms, surrounded by decorative ornaments and flanked on the left by a cow's head and on the right by a club entwined with a snake; at the bottom of the coat of arms floral garlands within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- blank field within an oak wreath and circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Bevordering der Koepokinenting, penning uitgereikt door de provincie Limburg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-6-88
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.