Badge of the Boatmen's Guild of Amsterdam

Badge of the Boatmen's Guild of Amsterdam. Obverse: An engraved plate. Port broadside view of a boat under sail with a lee board, one man in the stern. Reverse: Inscription, '1728 den 7 February HENDRICK BACKER N.B.' (New Bridge Jetty). On a paddle, 'H.B.'

Object Details

ID: MEC0523
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Netherlands
Date made: 1728
People: Boatmen's Guild of Amsterdam
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm