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Frits Holm: Expedition into Northwest China
Cast by: Medallic Art Company (1900–1990)
Swedish or American
1921
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 65 mm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Fritz Holm
Accession Number23.199
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Frits Holm, commemorating his archaeological expedition into Northwest China. Inscribed on edge "49 MEDALLIC ART CO NY".
Obverse: Profile bust of Frits Holm looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "FRITS HOLM" and below "ALBERT BRVCE·JOY FECIT MCMXXI".
Reverse: Asian characters and edge above beaded ring; inscribed at edge of beaded ring "-DEN-/HOLM·NESTORIANSKE/EXPEDITION TIL SIANFV/SHENSI N·V·KINA/MCMVII·VIII/TIL MINDE".
Obverse: Profile bust of Frits Holm looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "FRITS HOLM" and below "ALBERT BRVCE·JOY FECIT MCMXXI".
Reverse: Asian characters and edge above beaded ring; inscribed at edge of beaded ring "-DEN-/HOLM·NESTORIANSKE/EXPEDITION TIL SIANFV/SHENSI N·V·KINA/MCMVII·VIII/TIL MINDE".
InscriptionsInscribed on edge "49 MEDALLIC ART CO NY".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "FRITS HOLM" and below "ALBERT BRVCE·JOY FECIT MCMXXI".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge of beaded ring "-DEN-/HOLM·NESTORIANSKE/EXPEDITION TIL SIANFV/SHENSI N·V·KINA/MCMVII·VIII/TIL MINDE".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "FRITS HOLM" and below "ALBERT BRVCE·JOY FECIT MCMXXI".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge of beaded ring "-DEN-/HOLM·NESTORIANSKE/EXPEDITION TIL SIANFV/SHENSI N·V·KINA/MCMVII·VIII/TIL MINDE".
ProvenanceBy 1923, Mrs. Fritz Holm; 1923, gift of Mrs. Fritz Holm to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)