Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 1924 [The Netherlands Trade Company 1924]
![Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 1924 [The Netherlands Trade Company 1924]](http://wolfsonian.org/sites/default/files/object/TD1990.123.14 REVERSE.JPG "Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 1924 [The Netherlands Trade Company 1924]")
- Title : Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 1924 [The Netherlands Trade Company 1924]
- Artist: J.C. Wienecke Designer Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij Commissioner
- Accession: TD1990.123.14
- Country: Netherlands Amsterdam
- Date: 1924
- Dimensions: Inches 1/4 2-7/8 diameter, Centimeters 0.6 7.3 diameter
- Collection: Object
- Collection Theme: Colonialism
- Subject: Trade/Commerce , Commemoration , Colonialism , Allegory , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design , Sea Trade
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1990.123.14 OBVERSE.JPG, TD1990.123.14 REVERSE.JPG
- Tags: Colonialism
Description:
Circular bronze medallion with obverse depicting a coat of arms dated 1824 and Mercury-related symbols for sea trade (winged anchor) against a globe; to the left is a large oak branch (an old and symbolic Dutch and Western European tree) and to the right is a large branch with lotus/waterlily (symbolizing the semi-tropical colonies in the east and west); the reverse depicts a tree with curling ribbons on which are inscribed on both sides the names of the cities the company traded; most cities (see inscription) are from the Dutch East and West Indies.
