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Manufacture Impériale de Tabacs in Amsterdam, badge, worn by one of the employees, with no. B 109

Also known as: Manufacture Imperiale de Tabacs te Amsterdam, draagteken, gedragen door een van de werknemers, met no. B 109

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1811-10-21 - 1813

Single-sided copper square badge with suspension loop. Obverse: French eagle above letter B and inscription No. 109 within legend. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-321; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique engraving; measurements height 6.9 cm x height 5.2 cm x width 5.6 cm x weight 25.99 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 6.9 cm x height 5.2 cm x width 5.6 cm x weight 25.99 g
Dimensions museum
height 6.9 cm x height 5.2 cm x width 5.6 cm x weight 25.99 g

Design

Obverse
French eagle above letter B and inscription No. 109 within legend.
Reverse
blank.

Identification

Original title
Manufacture Imperiale de Tabacs te Amsterdam, draagteken, gedragen door een van de werknemers, met no. B 109
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-7-321
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

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