N.V. Nederlandsche Spoorwegen [Dutch Railway Company]

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N.V. Nederlandsche Spoorwegen [Dutch Railway Company]
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  • Title :     N.V. Nederlandsche Spoorwegen [Dutch Railway Company]
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer
  • Accession:     88.91.1.1
  • Country:     Netherlands
  • Date:     1944
  • Dimensions:     Inches 2 diameter, Centimeters 5.1 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Railroads , Commemoration , Laborers/Workers , World War II 1940-1945 , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     88.91.1.1 OBVERSE.JPG, 88.91.1.1 REVERSE.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~War and Political Propaganda
Description:
Circular bronze medal with obverse depicting a winged railway wheel on a railway with the flag in the background; on reverse is depicted Dutch text over the coat of arms of the Dutch Republic, a rampant lion holding arrows and a sword.