Object data
gold
diameter 3.5 cm × weight 35.59 gr
unknown
Medal
Netherlands, 1869
Inscriptions
- inscription, obverse: NEDERLANDSCHE VEREENIGING.
- inscription, reverse: Z.M. DEN KONING. / TENTOONSTELLING. / AAN / het Ministerie van Marine. / 1869
- signature, reverse: PdM
Provenance
...; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1869;1 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1240
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Gold medal with on recto a shaded cross, and inscriptions on verso.
The medal was awarded to the Department of the Navy by the Red Cross for its participation in an exhibition in 1869. Which exhibition is referred to, could not be ascertained.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1240
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'onbekend, Medal, Netherlands, 1869', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.235090
(accessed 9 January 2025 16:00:42).