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Honorary Medal Awarded to the Officers and Soldiers who Conquered Breda with a Peat Barge
Gerard van Bylaer, 1590
People who have performed a heroic deed or reached the end of a long career are sometimes awarded a medal as a token of esteem and gratitude. Often these are made of gold. Especially in the seventeenth century, gold medals with their chains were literally a reward. They were subsequently melted down and converted into money, which is why so few have survived.
- Artwork typehistory medal, triomfpenning
- Object numberNG-C-2017-181
- Dimensionsdiameter 4 cm
- Physical characteristicsgoud, geslagen