Getting started with the collection:
Honorary Medal of the Calcutta International Exhibition Awarded to J.G.Th. van Motman, Dramaga Plantaton (Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies) for Tea
anonymous, 1883
The Rijksmuseum’s medal collection, boasting some 12,500 objects, is almost a century and a half old. The museum continues to expand its collection with special medals, which are either purchased, donated, or given on loan. On display here are a number of the most extraordinary acquisitions of recent years. These are honorary and commemorative medals. Several are unique and came from the descendants of the individuals who once received them.
- Artwork typeaward medal
- Object numberNG-2018-574
- Dimensionsdiameter 5 cm x weight 57.8 g
- Physical characteristicsgoud, geslagen en gegraveerd