Tweehonderdvijftigjarige sterfdatum van Johan Maurits van Nassau 1929 1929

This bronze medal, created by Dutch artist Chris van der Hoef in 1929, commemorates the 250th anniversary of the death of Johan Maurits van Nassau, a Dutch nobleman and governor of Dutch Brazil. The medal depicts a coat of arms, crowned and surrounded by the inscription "Tweehonderdvijftigjarige sterfdatum van Johan Maurits van Nassau," (250th Anniversary of the Death of Johan Maurits van Nassau), and a stylized elephant, a symbol of Johan Maurits’s time in Brazil. This piece is a fine example of commemorative medallic art.