Netherlands. 1906. North Brabant – Fortieth Anniversary of Mr. L.A.N. Gerrits as Member of the Provincial Executive. Begeer, Utrecht.
Historical medal commemorating forty years of service by Ludovicus Antonius Nicolaas Gerrits as a member of the Provincial Executive of North Brabant. Gerrits entered the Provincial States in February 1866 and was elected to the Provincial Executive on 6 March that year.
Presented by the Provincial States, their chairman and clerk, the medal records the anniversary date of 6 March 1906. Its presentation took place on 11 December 1906.
Obverse: Crowned shield bearing the lion of North Brabant, between two oak branches crossed and tied below.
Reverse: Thirteen-line dedicatory inscription within a wreath of laurel and oak, tied with a ribbon below:
DE / STATEN VAN / NOORDBRABANT / MET HUNNEN VOORZITTER / EN GRIFFIER AAN / MR. L.A.N. GERRITS / BIJ ZIJNE / VEERTIG-JARIGE / AMBTSVERVULLING / ALS LID DER / GEDEPUTEERDE / STATEN / 1866–6 MAART–1906.
Signed B.U. below the wreath.
Manufacturer: C.J. Begeer, Utrecht.
Date: 1906.
Diameter: 58.6 mm.
Weight: 96.3 g.
References: Zwierzina 601; Koninklijke Begeer 648; Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 69 (1982), p. 100, no. 25.
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