Honorary Medal Awarded to C.J. van Aalst, Chairman of the Netherlands Overseas Trust Company, upon its Discontinuation, Johannes Cornelis Wienecke, 1919
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People who have performed a heroic deed or reached the end of a long career are sometimes awarded a medal as a token of esteem and gratitude. Often these are made of gold. Especially in the seventeenth century, gold medals with their chains were literally a reward. They were subsequently melted down and converted into money, which is why so few have survived.
