Netherlands, Zaandam. Visit of Grand Duke Alexander of Russia to the Tsar Peter House, 1839. Medal by Johannis Petrus Schouberg, after a design by Gerrit van Orden.
Obverse: View of the Tsar Peter House, with a tree and wooden fencing.
Legend: NIL MAGNO VIRO INDIGNVM — “Nothing is unworthy of a great man.”
Below: G.V.O. INV. and I.P. SCHOUBERG F., identifying the designer and die engraver. The date MDCXCVII refers to Peter the Great’s stay in 1697.
Reverse: The arms of Zaandam supported by a crowned lion holding a sword, above a Latin inscription enclosed by tied branches of willow and forget-me-nots.
ALEXANDER / NICOLAI RVSS: IMP: F: / PETRI PROAVI / DOMVM / INVISENS / V/XVII APRILIS / MDCCCXXXIX.
Commemorating the visit of Alexander, son of Emperor Nicholas I and future Tsar Alexander II, to the house associated with his ancestor Peter the Great. The visit took place on 17 April 1839, also recorded as 5 April according to the Julian calendar.
Corresponding examples are held by the Rijksmuseum, inventory KOG-MP-2-0162, and STAM, Ghent, inventory N.01184.
References: Dirks 548; Diakov 557.1.
Weight: 34 g.
Diameter: 41 mm.
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