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Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary of Willem van Citters and Maria Kien
Martinus Holtzhey, 1738
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.
- Artwork typemedal, marriage medal, familiepenning
- Object numberNG-NM-5355
- Dimensionsdiameter 7.2 cm x weight 120.23 g