Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

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