Gildepenningen van de Amsterdamse chirurgijns ; Guild medals from the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam

Between around 1620 and the end of the eighteenth century, every surgeon working in Amsterdam was presented with a guild medal on passing their surgeon's exams. These medals actually represented membership of the Surgeon's Guild of Amsterdam and could be used as proof of attendance at meetings of the Guild. From 1864 onwards surgeons also received the Hortus medal, which allowed them entry to the Hortus Medicus. Less common medals include medals for ensuring the surgeon's apprentices attended lectures, funeral medals for ensuring correct procedures regarding casket bearing duties were followed... Mehr ...