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Wilhelmina: Marriage
Dutch
1901
Medium/Technique
Metal; copper alloy
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Packard
Accession Number27.290
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Wilhelmina (1880-1962), queen of the Netherlands, commemorating her marriage to Prince Hendrik.
Obverse: Two overlapping busts looking to proper left, the front bust of a woman wearing a crown; inscribed at proper right "B.U.".
Reverse: Woman and man kneeling at proper left with a dove and rays above before a female warrior who raises her right hand over them and placed her left hand on a male lion at her side; inscribed in exergue "7 FEBRUARI 1901".
Obverse: Two overlapping busts looking to proper left, the front bust of a woman wearing a crown; inscribed at proper right "B.U.".
Reverse: Woman and man kneeling at proper left with a dove and rays above before a female warrior who raises her right hand over them and placed her left hand on a male lion at her side; inscribed in exergue "7 FEBRUARI 1901".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at proper right "B.U.".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "7 FEBRUARI 1901".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "7 FEBRUARI 1901".
ProvenanceBefore 1927, The Mary Hooper Packard Collection; 1927, gift of Horace Packard to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1927)