Collegie Zeemanshoop in Amsterdam, medal awarded to Captain J.G. Wiebenga as third (extra) award in the competition for compass logs
Also known as: Collegie Zeemanshoop te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt aan gezagvoerder J.G. Wiebenga als derde (extra) bekroning in de wedstrijd voor kompasjournalen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1877 - 1895
Bronze medal. Obverse: Hope, depicted as a woman with a small bird in her outstretched left hand, leaning on an anchor; in the background a ship at sea within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-ZN-438; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 5.4 cm x weight 72.61 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 72.61 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.4 cm x weight 72.61 g
Design
- Obverse
- Hope, depicted as a woman with a small bird in her outstretched left hand, leaning on an anchor; in the background a ship at sea within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a laurel wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Collegie Zeemanshoop te Amsterdam, penning uitgereikt aan gezagvoerder J.G. Wiebenga als derde (extra) bekroning in de wedstrijd voor kompasjournalen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-ZN-438
- 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.
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