Netherlands: van Riebeeck Tercentenary: Ship Drommedaris
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Form:
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Circular
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By:
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D. Stol / Medaillefabriek Stol, Culemborg, Netherlands |
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Date:
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1952 |
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Ref:
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AM2: 308; Laidlaw: 0483b;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 40 mm | Gold | | | | 40 mm | Silver | | | | 40.7 mm | Silver Plate | 29.5 gm | $55 | | 40.8 mm | Bronze | 23.7 gm | $35 |
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Edge:
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Plain. Silver medal stamped: ZILVER".
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Obverse:
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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”.
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Reverse:
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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”.
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Notes:
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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.
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