Netherlands, Haarlem – 1861 – Jury Medal of the National Industrial Exhibition – David van der Kellen II
Obverse: Standing personification of Industry, holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand and resting her left hand on a shield bearing the crowned arms of the Netherlands. Legend: NEDERLANDSCHE MAATSCHAPPIJ TER BEVORDERING VAN NIJVERHEID. In the exergue, 1778 and the signature VDK.
Reverse: Inscription AAN / DE LEDEN DER JURIJ / HERINNERING AAN DE / ALGEMEENE NATIONALE / TENTOONSTELLING / 1861 within an oak wreath incorporating representations of a steam engine, a plough and a sailing ship. Below, the crowned arms of Haarlem over a ribbon inscribed VICIT VIM VIRTUS.
Issued for members of the jury of the General National Exhibition of Industry held at Haarlem in 1861. The date 1778 on the obverse refers to the foundation of the organising society.
Medallist: David van der Kellen II.
Date: 1861.
Weight: 68.45 g.
Diameter: 53 mm.
References: Dirks 850; Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 1916, p. 65, no. 318.
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