Médaille - Exposition Internation. de Liège en 1930

Commemorative issue

The centenary of Belgium's independence

Obverse

Allegory to the industry symbolized by a bare-chested metallurgist sitting three-quarter back on an anvil, holding a long-handled sledgehammer in his right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LIEGE 1930
J. WITTERWULGHE
SCULPSIT
H. DUPOND
FECIT

Engraver: Joseph Witterwulghe

Reverse

View of a bridge over the Meuse and the city of Liege in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GRANDE INDUSTRIE
SCIENCES & APPLICATIONS
ART WALLON ANCIEN
J. WITTERWULGHE

Engraver: Joseph Witterwulghe

Edge

Finely furrowed

Script: Latin

Lettering: FISCH & CIE

© Pierrior (CC BY)

Mint

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See also

• Fair or exhibition
• Science
• Allegory

• Medal - Liège (Centenary of Independence)
• Médaille - Exposition Internationale de Liège (1930)
• Medal - Albert I (Exposition Nationale du Travail 1930)

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