Ghent, fire brigade badge
Also known as: Gent, insigne van de brandweer
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1880
Badge on suspension loop, suspension ring and blue ribbon with two narrow white stripes. Obverse: inscription. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-9-909-D; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), sewing; measurements height 4.9 cm x height 4.4 cm x diameter 3.6 cm x weight 22.96 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), sewing
- Measurements
- height 4.9 cm x height 4.4 cm x diameter 3.6 cm x weight 22.96 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.9 cm x height 4.4 cm x diameter 3.6 cm x weight 22.96 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Gent, insigne van de brandweer
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-9-909-D
- 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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