Getting started with the collection:
First Passenger Flight from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies
Chris van der Hoef, 1927
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 typemedal
- Object numberNG-2016-19-1
- Dimensionsdiameter 11.3 cm x weight 531 g
- Physical characteristicsbrons, gegoten