# Medal box

- By: Johan Werner Gericke (Hildesheim, 1746–1801)
- Date: 1784
- Medium: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)
- Classification: medal box
- Dimensions: diameter 8.9 cm x height 2.2 cm x weight 257 g
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and M. Witteveen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-2006-30-A--3adaf2da002ebc13b3ae031189ef38ea)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/WVfXH/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

With the conclusion of the peace treaty of 1784, the French vice-admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez was honoured as a ‘hero’ by France and the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) presented him with this box containing a gold medal for having prevented the Dutch colonies in Africa and Asia from falling into British hands.