Utrecht, fire department badge
Also known as: Utrecht, insigne van de brandweer
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650 - c. 1850
Single-sided, elongated badge with bevelled corners on a suspension ring. Obverse: ladder with six rungs in high relief between two coats of arms. Reverse: blank.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-9-900; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking), casting; measurements height 7.3 cm x height 6.1 cm x width 2.2 cm x weight 26.96 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), casting
- Measurements
- height 7.3 cm x height 6.1 cm x width 2.2 cm x weight 26.96 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 7.3 cm x height 6.1 cm x width 2.2 cm x weight 26.96 g
Design
- Obverse
- ladder with six rungs in high relief between two coats of arms.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Utrecht, insigne van de brandweer
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-9-900
- 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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