Historical Medals Collection

A variety of commemorative medals from notable historical events, featuring intricate designs and varying metals, highlighting significant figures and celebrations.

Death of Daniel Bernouilli, professor of decomposition and herbal scentics, physics and reflective philosophy in Basel, Abraham Abramson (Possible), 1782 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Sterrewacht on banks of the sea; On the sea ship inside; Cut: year Berlin silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Basel
Death of Daniel Bernouilli, professor of decomposition and herbal scentics, physics and reflective philosophy in Basel, Abraham Abramson (Possible), 1782 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Sterrewacht on banks of the sea; On the sea ship inside; Cut: year Berlin silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Basel
Balthasar Bekker, pastor in Amsterdam, dropped off by the Synod van Alkmaar, Jan Boskam, 1692 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Woman with mirror leaning on open book that is on column and frightened by a winged dragon in a cloud inside Cover Nijmegen silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Amsterdam. Alkmaarisolated object on white -   coin TurkeySchuttersfeest of the University of Leiden, Anonymous, 1741  Silver medal. Front: coat of arms in decorated cartouche, flanked by half -naked man and woman inside. Reverse: two crossed rifles for Mast, in which standing up; Left: shooting disc with a background face to the city; Right: two towers for rock, crowned with two towers within the change; Cut: Inscription Leiden silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  LeidenCommemoration of the intake of Den Briel 1872, Salomon de Vries, 1872 history medal Bronze medal: On the front the Dutch virgin with lance with freedom shed receives a laurel wreath from Victoria, with the Dutch Lion on the right, a Watergeus and the Brielse coat of arms, with a change in the back, on the reverse side under one crown the coats of the Netherlands and Orange, including A text ribbon and the year 1572, with a change.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Establishment of a statue for Justus Lipsius in Overijse, Jacob Wiener, 1853 history medal Bronze medal. Front: bust on a base inside fence, between inscriptions. Reverse: inscription Binnen Lauwerkrans and Dischanging Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  OveryConquest of Belgrade, Georg Wilhelm Vestner, 1717 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: map of Belgrade during siege within Omnipia; Cut: Inscription Nuremberg silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Belgrade. SerbiaExaltation of the Prince of Orange to Stadholder by the States of Zeeland, Martin Holtzhey, 1747 history medal Silver medal with hole in it. Front: to each other breastpieces of male and female with diadem inside change. Reverse: inscription inside collected orange branch and oak branch Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  ZeelandFifty -year -old celebration of Kozakjesdag: Remembrance of the input of the Cossacks in Utrecht, Penning beaten by the Rijksmunt, Anonymous, 1863 history medal Bronze medal. Front: coat of arms surrounded by orange branches, tied to spear with penny, crowned by freedom hat. Reverse: Dating within Covering. Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  UtrechtPeace of the Pyreneen, Adriaan Waterloos, 1660 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece Man (Philip IV) Inside Covering. Reverse: Cross of Burgundy with three lily sprouts within Covering Brussels silver (metal) casting  Bidassoa. Spain. FranceDepartment of Amsterdam of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Agriculture, Penning awarded to P.H. van Gelder for his Camellia's, Johannes Petrus Schouberg, 1858 award medal Silver medal. Front: crowned coat of arms lying on two corn sheaves, two inverted, stuffed horns of abundance, an oak and a willow for inscription and agricultural equipment. Reverse: wreath of olive branches with ribbon above inscriptions Utrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking) / engraving  Holland. AmsterdamPetrus Schenck, engraver and bookseller in Amsterdam and his wife, Christian Wermuth, 1701 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: breastpiece woman inside Cover Gotha silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  AmsterdamCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionSeventieth birthday of King Willem III 1887, Carel Begeeer, 1887 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the portrait of William III to the right with shift, on the reverse four lines of text within a bent laurel branch. Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Peace of Rijswijk, distributed to anyone who has not won a prize in the lottery of Muiden, Jan Luder (I), 1697 award medal Silver medal. Front: Mercy with peace branch turns Printed mother with child in the arms, in the middle a bird inside. Reverse: War striking burning on an altar, for which two Meermannen hold coat of arms within Keering; Cut: year Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Rijswijk. MuidenRice building in the Dutch East Indies, Penning published by the Association for Penningkunst, H.A. Van Derse Ende, 1933 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Boy on the back of Karbouw. Rail side: Three rice sheds of the Minang Cabouters Inside Capers: accompanying yellow cardboard box with inscription on top lid; inside lid and bottom covered with yellow velvet; Round recess in soil Voorschoten bronze (metal). cardboard. velvet (fabric weave) striking (metalworking)  Dutch East Indies, TheMedal of Thierri IIRoi.  Subject: King Thierri II, French, reign 720-37 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Reichsmark from Germany, Third Reich, 1936 ,, 1936 coin Nickel. Front: ankle -head eagle to the left. Letter g below. Reverse: Within two bound oak branches value designation in two lines. Year at the bottom. Edge decoration. Karlsruhe nickel (metal) striking (metalworking)Academy of 's-Hertogenbosch, medal awarded to J.H. de Groot, for drawing to plaster, anonymous, 1858 award medal Silver medal to partially broken bearing eye. Front: inscription inside cable border. Tours side: Inside cable edge inside Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  the BoschFranc from France from the Third Republic, 1936, 1936 coin Aluminum bronzen mint. Front: head of a woman with wreath in the hair to the left. Reverse: between two horns of abundance value indication in two lines, including year. Smooth edge. Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of Clovis IRoi.  Subject: King Clovis I, 481-511 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-18811/4 dollars for British West Indies of King George IV, 1822 ,, 1822 coin Silver coin. Front: decorated composite coat of arms. Reverse: between value indications IV for: 1/4 and IV anchor with rope, above which crown. Cartel edge.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Foundation of the Belgian Teeken Academy, in honor of Karel Alexander, Duke of Lorraine-Bar, patron of free arts, Theodorus Victor van Berckel, 1778 history medal Silver medal with broken bearing eye. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: four genii who are involved in drawing, painting, sculpture and architecture within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription Brussels silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  BrusselsAt the death of Johannes Graaf van den Bosch, Anonymous, 1844 history medal Silver medal.  silver (metal)Coronation of Frederik, Elector of the Palatinate and Elisabeth to King and Queen of Bohemen, Anonymous, 1619 history medal Silver medal. Front: Hand from clouds rises Kroon to two lions inside Covering. Reverse: two coats of arms covered under the crown with order of garter inside Covering.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)3 Kopeken from Russia, 1924 ,, 1924 coin Bronze mint. Front: Coat of arms of the Soviet Union, including the country's indication in Cyrillic letters S, S and R. Dish: Between two crossed branches of value designation in two lines, including year. Smooth edge.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Gold guilders from the diocese of Bamberg of Bishop Adam Friedrich van Seinsheim, 1777 ,, 1777 coin Gold coin. Front: in window bust of the bishop to the right. Rail side: in the Madonna window with the child. Year in reversal. Cable edge.  gold (metal) striking (metalworking)Charleroi taken by the French, Jean Mauger, 1699 - 1703 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Safety, leaning on column, holds a crown in the hands within Koverschrift; Cut: Inscription Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Charleroi. HainautTake on Lerida (Ilerda), November 11, 1707 (main title), 1707. Alloy with low melting point. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.5 Penni Uit Finland, 1922 ,, 1922 coin Bronze mint. Front: between the year weapon of Finland. Reverse: Value designation in two lines. Smooth edge.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of Isotta degli Atti da Rimini (obverse) and (reverse), 15th century. Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, 1420-1467/68). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.).Robertus Jansen van Bant, c. 1640 medal Oval plate of silver, on one side with a man's portrait engraved (bust), around which engraved in the change; Bail of blank, except for short engraved text. Possibly Robertus Jansen van Bant had the medal engraving by his friend Abraham Jacobsz to reinforce his marriage proposal to Grietie Popkes. Amsterdam silver (metal) engravingOpening of the Oosterscheldebrug December 15, 1965, Penning offered to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Koninklijke Utrechtsche Fabriek van Zilverwerken by C.J. Desire, 1965 history medal Bronze medal. Front: newly opened bridge between inscriptions within the wreath of lauwer and oak branches. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions, standing on pennant with inscription; corresponding, broken white, cardboard box; on top lid: inscription; Inside lid: stamp; inside soil covered with blue velvet Voorschoten bronze (metal). cardboard. velvet (fabric weave) striking (metalworking)  Oosterschelde. Zierikzee. OosterscheldebrugCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right bust to the left of Marianne, wind hair; On the reverse registration on five lines in a vegetable crown.Recovery of Willem V as Erfstadhouder, Anonymous, 1787 history medal Silver medal with hole in it. Front: to each other breastpieces of male and female inside change. Reverse: inscription Inside wreath of Orange branches Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Memorial of the Free Reich City Frankfurt Am Main, 1862 ,, 1862 coin Silver coin. Front: Crowned ankle -headed eagle. Rail side: between month and year-standing woman to the left with for her wp shield of the city. Value designation Ein Memorial Haller in Overschruise. Ride. Frankfurt am Main silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Roussel, Jérôme (n.1663-D.1713-12-22), defeat of the English in Brest (main title), 1694. Bronze copper alloy. Red brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Death of Willem Bilderdijk, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), 1831 - 1834 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: inscription Inside Lauwerkrans Utrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Fifty -year marriage of J.A.G. de Vos van Steenwijk and A.M.F. Van Aerssen Beyeren 1903, Godefroid Devreese, 1903 history medal Silver medal, on the front the conjugated busts of Van Aerssen Beyeren and the fox from Steenwijk to the left with three lines of text, on the reverse side under one crown two coats of arms worn by a griffin and a lion on a floral ornament, with a disorder.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Opening of the Keulen - Mainz 1859 Railway, Jacob Wiener, 1859 history medal Bronze Penning, on the front the conjugated portraits of King Frederik Willem and Prince-Regent Willem to the right with a change, the view of the Central Station in Cologne with double change and cut-out text. Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)City of Antwerp, a lead that gave the right to bread, Anonymous, 1677 when distribution  Copper medal. Front: Two open hands above castle and year within Covering. Reverse: Monogram of letters A and B between ornament within Omnipia Antwerp copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  AntwerpWillem Frederik van Oranje Souverein Vorst der Nederlanden 1813, Hendrik Lageman, 1813 history medal Silver medal, on the front the bust to the left of Willem Frederik with a change, three lines of text on the reverse. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of James Buchanan Indian PeaceMedal.   Subject: James Buchanan, American, 1791-1868 Artist: Salathiel Ellis, American, 1803-1879 Artist: John Willson, worked 1819 - 18321 Penny of George V, King of GreatBritain. Ruler: George V, King of Great Britain, British, 1865-1936 Artist: UnknownMedal of Charles VIIRoi.  Subject: Charles VII, King of France, French, 1403-1461, ruled 1422-61 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Robertus Jansen van Bant. Oval plate of silver, engraved on one side with a man's portrait (bust), which is engraved; Panning side blank, after short engraved text. Possibly Robertus Jansen van Bant engraved the Penning by his friend Abraham Jacobsz to reinforce his marriage proposal to Grietie Popkes.Medal of BenjaminFranklin. Honorand: Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706-1790, M.A. (HON.) 1753 Mint: Paris Artist: Godel, French Manufacturer: Amédée Durand, FrenchRoyal School for Useful and Visual Arts in 's-Hertogenbosch, Franciscus Johannes de Hondt, 1828 award medal Silver medal. Front: Half Naked Wildeman, with left hand based on Knots, with a right hand on crowned coat of arms, which is at the foot of fruit -bearing Oranjeboom within Kerschrift. Reverse: Blanco Field Inside Lauwerkrans Used silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  the BoschFirst radiotelefonic connection between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies and opening of a public service, Dirk Wolbers, 1929 history medal Bronze medal. Front: naked woman; above her radio waves; On either side of woman inscriptions. Reverse: inscription under schematic drawing of a capacitor; corresponding cardboard box with monogram on top and inscription on the inside of the lid; inside soil covered with purple velvet Voorschoten bronze (metal). cardboard. velvet (fabric weave) casting  Eindhoven. Kootwijk. BandungMedal of Napoleon I fromParis.  Subject: Napoleon Bonaparte, French, 1769-1821 Mint: Paris Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881St. Rombaut in Mechelen, Jacob Wiener, 1846 history medal Bronze medal. Front: church building within the two -way change; Cut: inscription and signature. Reverse: interior of church; Cut Right: Inscription Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Sint-Rombout CathedralBelgian Medal Commemorating the Resistance ofAntwerp. Artist: Paul Wissaert, Belgian, 1885-1972's-Hertogenbosch, Vroedschapskenning on the Peace of Aachen, Theodorus Everardus van Berckel, 1748  Silver medal. Front: to the left desired, helmeted mars with sword in the right and burning torch in lifted left hand; In the background: View of Stad and St. Antononeschans from the south side inside; Cut: monogram of letters S, P, Q and S. Rail side: Standing woman, representing city 's-Hertogenbosch has filled horn of abundance in the left hand and holds olive branch above coatche shield in cartouche inside killer; Cut: year and signature. the Bosch silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Den Bosch. Aachen20 Para from Turkey of Sultan Abdul Medjid, government year 17 = 1855 ,, 1855 coin Copper mint. Front: Tughra with a branch with leaves on the right. Under Tughra Government Year designation: 17. Rail side: Inside a change in Arabic Letters Value designation: 20. In the Co-Mintplaats designation: Constantinople and designation year: 1255 = 1839. Constantinople copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of DanielWebster. Artist: Charles Cushing Wright, American, 1796-1854Honorand: Daniel WebsterAegineatan Drachm, c. 482 BC. Greece, 5th century BC. Silver; diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.).City Hall in Bruges, Jacob Wiener, 1849 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Stadhuis Inside Cover. Reverse: map of town hall below and above inscription Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Town hallGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Second Founded by the Veenhuizen colony, Huismunt beaten by order of the Society of Benevolence worth five cents, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin One -sided coin. Front: three stamps above each other; At the top: inscription 2 g in rectangle; Letters K and V in rectangle; Number 5. Ridder: Blanco. Netherlands copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  VeenhuizenDeath of William I Frederik, King of the Netherlands for twenty -five years, Moses de Vries, 1843 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Downside: Dutch virgin with a head -headed in hand and lion with a bundle of arrows, sitting at the foot of grave monument under cypress for fenced garden, in which coats of arms and freedom hat hang on spear; right: shield with inscription lying on the beach and setting sun; Cut: Dating. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  NetherlandsJoan Corver, mayor of Amsterdam and 50 years member of the council. Tokens handed out to the members of the Amsterdam Vro Gereedschap, Willem de Wijs, 1716  Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  AmsterdamMedals commemorating the balloon flight performed in Warsaw by Jean Pierre Blanchard Loos, Daniel Friedrich (1735 1819)Medal for Ulysses S.Grant. Honorand: Ulysses Simpson Grant, American, 1822-1885 Engraver: Tiffany and Company, American, founded 1837Visit from Alexander I, Tsar van Russia on the Munt van Utrecht, David van der Kellen (1764-1825), 1814 history medal Golden medal. Front: Inside Lauwerkrans. Reverse: inscription Displaced by celestial light above crossed palm and olive branch Utrecht gold (metal) striking (metalworking)  UtrechtCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right bust of sergeant boichot on the right, in uniform; Faith backs surmounted by a good Phrygian above a level of equality.Completion of the building for exhibitions in the park in Amsterdam, Moses de Vries, 1852 history medal Silver medal. Front: exhibition building within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: inscription Inside Eikekrans Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) / engraving  AmsterdamMedals. Pisanello Medals. Pisanello. Black and white projection plate. 1900-1930. Photograph of Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942).Medal of William I and GermanUnity.  Subject: William I, King of Prussia, 1797-1888, ruled 1861-88Medal of the 25th anniversary of the Kaisers proclamation at Versailles.   Subject: William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792-1849, ruled 1840-49Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionThree hundredth birthday by Rembrandt van Rijn 1906, Johan Melchior Faddegon, 1905 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Rembrandt Half from the right with a change, a veiled woman to the left on the downside, filling an oil lamp, with a change at the top and text in the field.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)#Beginning of Shooting Data Section Nikon D700 2015/10/09 16: 00: 24.51 Time zone/Date: UTC, žTrie: Džsactivže RAW (14 bits) Image size: L (4256 x 2832), FX Objective: 60mm f/2.8g Photographer: Copyright: Focal: 60mm Exhibition mode: Manual Measure: Matrinian shutter speed: 1/50S Opening: F/8 Expo Correction. : 0il Ržgl. PRE EXPO. : Sensitivity: ISO 400 OPTIMIZATION IMAGE: Balance of whites: PRO-RE-REGLAGE MANUAL D-0, 0, 0 MODE STATE: AF-C Zone AF mode: AF ˆ DETION OF CONTRACTE PROW AF: DžSActivž VR: REDUCTION OF THE Noise: Džsactivže REDUC. ISO noise: Džsactivže Color mode: Colorimžtrique space: Adobe RVB Tones Correction: Resorting shades: Saturation: Accentuation: D-lighting Active: Džsactivž Control LE DU VIGNATAGE: Normal Control of Distortion: Picture Control: SD  Standard background on: SD Standard Rapid confidence: 0 Accentualization: 3 Contrast: 0 Luminosit: 0 Saturation: 0 shade: 0 Filters effects: Virage: SYS Coordinating: Džsactivže Cleaning the Image sensor: 2015/05 /19 08Medal of the Napoleon Larc de Triomphe. Artist: Jean-Pierre Montagny, French, 1789-1862Carnavalet museum, medal collectionSecond centenary of the establishment of the Water Board of the River Eem, Anonymous, 1816 history medal Silver medal. Front: Inscription. Reverse: Inscription Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  EemHonor in Region Jakarta, Anonymous, 1975  Gold -colored medal. Front: (Modern) building with Koverschrift Jayakarta 1975. Rail side: Weapon Jaya Raya with Indonesian Dischanging. Indonesia metal   JakartaThe Infant Hercules Strangling Two Serpents reverse. Dated: 1845. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.79 cm (2 1/4 in.). Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred Joseph Stothard.Twenty -five -year marriage of Rochus Wilberningh and Maria Snel, Anonymous, 1681  Silver diamond -shaped with round stamp, one -sided. Front: Crowned coat of arms between two palm branches. Reverse: Blanco. Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Iberian period coins, Iberian culture, Iberian Museum of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.Medal: Hopi Prayer for Rain (obverse), 1900s. Hermon Atkins MacNeil (American, 1886-1947). Bronze; diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.).Carnavalet museum, medal collectionMonographic Museum of Pollentia, Roman coins,,Alcudia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right head of the laureate republic, on the left. Above, a star; On the left, the bow of a boat; on the right, ears of wheat; Reverse Crown by Laurier.50 Heller from Wels,Notgeld.  Mint: WelsRoman coin, Churruca collection, bronze, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain.