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International Sports Exhibition
Dutch (Utrecht)
1892
Object Place: The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Metal; copper alloy
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Packard
Accession Number27.283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal for a sports fair. Beaded edge on both faces.
Obverse: Bust of a woman looking three-quarters to proper left, wearing a large bonnet; inscribed at edge "HERINNERING AAN SCHEVENINGEN." and under bust "BEGEER·UTRECHT".
Reverse: Heraldic device at center; inscribed above "INTERNAT-SPORTTENTOONSTELLUNG SCHEVENINGEN" and below "[branch] 1892 [branch]".
Obverse: Bust of a woman looking three-quarters to proper left, wearing a large bonnet; inscribed at edge "HERINNERING AAN SCHEVENINGEN." and under bust "BEGEER·UTRECHT".
Reverse: Heraldic device at center; inscribed above "INTERNAT-SPORTTENTOONSTELLUNG SCHEVENINGEN" and below "[branch] 1892 [branch]".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "HERINNERING AAN SCHEVENINGEN." and under bust "BEGEER·UTRECHT".
Reverse: Inscribed above "INTERNAT-SPORTTENTOONSTELLUNG SCHEVENINGEN" and below "[branch] 1892 [branch]".
Reverse: Inscribed above "INTERNAT-SPORTTENTOONSTELLUNG SCHEVENINGEN" and below "[branch] 1892 [branch]".
ProvenanceBefore 1927, The Mary Hooper Packard Collection; 1927, gift of Horace Packard to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1927)