Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary of Willem van Citters and Maria Kien, Martin Holtzhey, 1738
striking (metalworking), d 7.2cm × w 120.23gr More details
In the past, important events were graced with a medal, especially in well-to-do families. The occasion for this was usually a birth, wedding, or death. These medals not only remained in the family as a memento, but were also given to the guests at the baptism, wedding party, or funeral. Sometimes they were purely private in character, such as the gold medal a grandfather gave to his grandson.