Object data
silver
diameter 4.3 cm × weight 36.62 gr
Luigi Arnaud, Luigi Arnaud
Medal
France, Italy, 1871
Inscriptions
- inscription, obverse: VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA
- inscription, reverse: ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D'INDUSTRIE MARITTIME IN NAPOLI 1871 // AL DIPARTIMENTO / DELLA MARINA DI OLANDA
- signature, reverse: L. ARNAUD F.
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1376
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Silver medal with recto in profile the head of king Victor Emanuel II of Italy, and on verso inscriptions in a border with trophies, foliage and other decorations. The medal has a red leather octagonal case (NG-MC-1376-A) with an inscription in gold.
The Department of the Navy received this medal for its participation in the 1871 Esposizione Internazionale d’Industrie Marittime in Naples.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1376
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Luigi Arnaud or Luigi Arnaud, Medal, France or , Italy, 1871', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245181
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