Netherlands: van Riebeeck Tercentenary: Jan van Riebeeck

Form:

Circular

By:

D. Stol / Medaillefabriek Stol, Culemborg, Netherlands

Date:

1952

Ref:

AM2: 307; Laidlaw: 0483a;

Variations:

Size	Metal	Mass	Value
40 mm	Gold
40.8 mm	Silver	20.3 gm	$75
40.7 mm	Silver Plate	22.4 gm	$40
40.8 mm	Bronze	23.2 gm	$35

Edge:

Plain. Silver medal stamped: ZILVER".

Obverse:

Bust of van Riebeeck in wig, front. Monogram: “DS” within a circle above shoulder on left. Legend: “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 [sic] – 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.