Tribute to our prisoners and deportees 1940-1945 - John Cockerill
Features
| Location |
Belgium
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 182.8 g |
| Size | 83.63 × 68.40 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 529630 |
Obverse
Bust facing left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: JOHN COCKERILL
Engraver: Victor Lemaire
Reverse
Work scene at the blast furnace. Caption below and signature lower left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
G. DEVREESE
HOMMAGE A NOS PRISONNIERS
ET DEPORTES 1940-1945
Engraver: Godefroid Devreese
Edge
Smooth finish with workshop name on the front, in the middle of the base.
Lettering: J FONSON
© Collector 86 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Mint
Fonson, Brussels, Belgium (1848-1968)Comments
Victor Lemaire (1826-1906), medal engraver and medallist in Ghent, and Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941) certainly couldn't have engraved medals commemorating the Second World War. The Fonson workshop therefore recovered older works to compose this medal in tribute to the workers of the Cockerill factories...
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