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General Wedding Medal
Pieter van Abeele, silver, 1655
In the past, important events were graced with a medal, especially in well-to-do families. The occasion for this was usually a birth, wedding, or death. These medals not only remained in the family as a memento, but were also given to the guests at the baptism, wedding party, or funeral. Sometimes they were purely private in character, such as the gold medal a grandfather gave to his grandson.
- Artwork typemarriage medal, familiepenning
- Object numberNG-NM-4660
- Dimensionsdiameter 7.5 cm x weight 61.23 gr