Medals Related to Railways, Netherlands, 1914. Netherland. Amsterdam Harlem Railways, 75th Anniversary, bronze medal by van der Hoef, standing male figure in tunic holding aloft a wheel upon which are the arms of eight Dutch towns, reverse map of railway system, ornamentation and legend above, 75mm. Extremely fine

Christiaan Johannes van der Hoef (1875-1933), one of the most original and outstanding Dutch medallists of the early part of this century. He was also a remarkable ceramicist, as well as producing sculpture on both a large and small scale. See The Medal Spring 1993 for a brief outlineof his career
Obverse only illustrated