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Manufacture Impériale de Tabacs in Amsterdam, badge worn by one of the employees, with no. A 47

Also known as: Manufacture Imperiale de Tabacs te Amsterdam, draagteken, gedragen door een van de werknemers, met no. A 47

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1811-10-21 - 1813

Single-sided copper triangular badge with rounded corners on a suspension loop. Obverse: French eagle above letter A and inscription No. 47 within an inscription.

Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-320; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique engraving; measurements height 7.2 cm x width 6.2 cm x weight 22.57 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
copper (metal)
Technique
engraving
Measurements
height 7.2 cm x width 6.2 cm x weight 22.57 g
Dimensions museum
height 7.2 cm x width 6.2 cm x weight 22.57 g

Design

Obverse
French eagle above letter A and inscription No. 47 within an inscription.
Reverse
blank.

Identification

Original title
Manufacture Imperiale de Tabacs te Amsterdam, draagteken, gedragen door een van de werknemers, met no. A 47
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-7-320
Museum classification
draagteken

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, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against exonumia and phaleristic references.
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