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Product information
Condition:
Secondhand
Location:
South Africa
Product code:
SA Medallion - van Riebeeck 1652
Bob Shop ID:
608073551
South Africa brass Medallion
Jan van Riebeeck Sticht Suid-Afrika 1652
Extract below form a SA Medals website:-
Netherlands: van Riebeeck Tercentenary: Ship Drommedaris
Form:
Circular
By:
D. Stol / Medaillefabriek Stol, Culemborg, Netherlands
Date:
1952
Ref:
AM2: 308; Laidlaw: 0483b;
Variations:
Size
Metal
Mass
Value
40 mm
Gold
40 mm
Silver
40.7 mm
Silver Plate
29.5 gm
$55
40.8 mm
Bronze
23.7 gm
$35
Edge:
Plain. Silver medal stamped: ZILVER".
Obverse:
Starboard broadside view of the VOC ship Drommedaris in Table Bay. Monogram: DS within a circle on left. Legend above: JAN VAN RIEBEECK STICHT SUID AFRIKA (Jan van Riebeeck founder of South Africa) and below between hyphens: 1652.
Reverse:
At the top, van Riebeeck coat of arms having three rings on the shield and a helmet crest with a ring in fist above. Below that, across: JAN VAN RIEBEECK / GEBOREN TE CULENBORG 1619 / OVERLEDEN TE BATAVIA 1677 / (line) / STICHTER EN EERSTE / COMMANDEUR VAN / DE NEDERZETTING / AAN KAAP / DE GOEDE HOOP (Jan van Riebeeck, born Culemborg 1619, died Batavia 1677, founder and first commander of the settlement in the Cape of Good Hope.
Notes:
Van Riebeeck landed three ships, the Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop, to establish a settlement in the Cape for the Dutch East India Company in 1652.