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The Impoldering of Walcheren after the Second World War
Flood Disaster Medals. Much of the Netherlands lies below sea level. The threat of flooding is thus ever-present. Dikes, dams and polders were created to control the water. Still, these safety measures sometimes failed. Each century witnessed disastrous floods, with levees breaching and the countryside being inundated. The North Sea Flood of 1953 led to the construction of the Delta Works. Thanks …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Bevrijding Tweede Wereldoorlog
- Holland
Type of item
- medal
- Medal
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1946
- 1946
Place-Time
- second quarter 20st century
Places
- Arnhem
- Arnhem
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.57
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.422953
- NG-2004-61
Extent
- diameter 6 cm
- weight 80.80 gr
Format
- bronze (metal)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: munten, penningen en draagtekens
Year
- 1946
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T14:10:20.472Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:12:44.940Z