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Admission of the Salzburg emigrants into the Netherlands
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Admission of the Salzburg emigrants into the Netherlands

1733 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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

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Silver medal. Obverse: a man in armor with a bundle of arrows in his hand protects two women, a man holding a hat in his hand, and a child with his shield within an inscription; cut-off: date. Reverse: the Netherlands, depicted as a woman leaning on a coat of arms and holding a spear with a liberty cap on it, in the background land by the sea, above her head an inverted horn of plenty within an inscription; cut-off: inscription; inside: two round colored prints depicting maps of the Archdiocese of Salzburg and the Duchy of Lithuania; contents: 17 round, folded, numbered prints with religious scenes. Nos. 1-3: biblical scenes; nos. 4-5: scenes concerning the history of the Reformation in Salzburg; nos. 7-11: scenes concerning religious persecution; nos. 12-14: scenes concerning the Exodus; nos. 15-17: events in Augsburg.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOpname der Salzburger emigranten in Nederland. 1733. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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