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Inauguration of Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, Medal Distributed to Schoolchildren
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Inauguration of Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, Medal Distributed to Schoolchildren

Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen · 1898 · striking (metalworking); silvering; textile materials; copper (metal); cardboard; velvet (fabric weave)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper medal on a suspension loop and ring. Obverse: bust of a woman with a diadem within an inscription. Reverse: helmeted woman, representing the Netherlands, holding in her outstretched hands a cushion upon which lies a crown; before her sits History, writing with a pen on a tablet; in the foreground to the right, a coat of arms surrounded by laurel branches; with an orange ribbon in the base of the accompanying black box with gold inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineInhuldiging van Wilhelmina als koningin der Nederlanden, penning uitgedeeld onder schoolkinderen. 1898. Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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