Netherlands. King William I. Vereniging voor Penningkunst, First Annual Medal, 1928. Bronze Medal by Huib Luns.
Obverse: Three-quarter bust of King William I facing right, wearing a high-collared uniform, within a narrow border of laurel branches. Signed with Huib Luns’s circular artist’s monogram at lower left.
Reverse: Symbols of commerce, shipping and industry: Mercury’s caduceus and winged hat, Neptune’s trident with a dolphin, and a hammer with a winged cogwheel. Across the centre, a flowing ribbon inscribed JE MAINTIENDRAI. Below, the VPK monogram and date 1928.
Legend: WILLEM I · KONING DER NEDERLANDEN · 1815 : 1840.
Issued by the Dutch Art Medal Society (Vereniging voor Penningkunst) as its first annual medal of 1928.
Bronze, struck.
Weight: 76.90 g.
Standard diameter: approximately 60 mm; this specimen not measured.
References: VPK 1928-I; Koninklijke Begeer III 244; Tilanus, Handzame Sculptuur, p. 59.
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