Honorary Medal Awarded by Frederick Henry to Piet Hein
Also titled Erepenning voor Piet Hein, aan hem geschonken door Frederik Hendrik
1629
- Medium
- gold (metal)
- Classification
- medal
- Dimensions
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 54.92 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
People who have performed a heroic deed or reached the end of a long career are sometimes awarded a medal as a token of esteem and gratitude. Often these are made of gold. Especially in the seventeenth century, gold medals with their chains were literally a reward. They were subsequently melted down and converted into money, which is why so few have survived.
