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Could someone help i.d. this Medal for me please

All I know about this piece is the date and place
January 1861, Utrecht

It measures 42mm


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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One can go nuts looking up these items.

    Fortunately, there is the Utrecht Insane Asylum "krankzinnigengesticht" which celebrated it's 400th anniversary on 31 January 1861
    and struck this medal to commemorate the event.

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you WB.

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  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    Hmm ... Krankzinnigengesticht …

    I dunno what "nnigenge" means but I'm pretty sure I can translate "Krankzi" (cranky) and "sticht" (censored) as in, what my toddler does when he doesn't get enough sleep. image
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As a footnote, the gent whose collection this came out of was a psychiatrist. A Dutch psychiatrist at that.

    ".. ... Krankzinnigengesticht "
    That doesn't exactly roll of the tongue Lochness although I admit to practicing saying it last night.
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