SubjectEvent: The Rape of Belgium
Displaying records 1 to 14 of
14 total results.
objects: 3
- Date
- 1914
- Obverse
- NACH PARIS: Wild nude horseman advancing l., firebrand in l. hand; Paris in background
- Reverse
- Within center: LOUVAIN/ THE LUSITANIA/ EDITH CAVELL/ CAPT. FRYATT/ THE ZEPPELIN VICTIMS; around: THE PRUSSIAN IS CRUEL BY BIRTH CIVILIZATION WILL MAKE HIM FEROCIOUS--GOETHE
- Reference
- vanAlfen.2006.ANSMagazine, vanAlfen.2006.ANSMagazine
object: 1
- Date
- 1915
- Obverse
- AUG. 1914: Bust of Liberty to r.
- Reverse
- REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA / I WILL / NEVER SAIL / ON A / GERMAN / SHIP / REMEMBER BELGIUM
- Reference
- O.25, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.91, O.25, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.91
object: 1
- Date
- 1917
- Mint
- Paris
- Obverse
- ICI LES BARABARÉS SONT PASSÉS: Dead, partially clothed mother andchild amidst the ruins of a Belgian(?) town
- Reverse
- HEROISME BONTE: An angel tending to a mourning mother and child, in the background a woman helping a wounded soldier along a road
- Reference
- Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.42, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.42
object: 1
- Date
- 1914
- Obverse
- Two draped female figures in mourning,; one seated, one standing; ruins of Antwerp in background.
- Reverse
- . BOMBARDMENT D'ANVERS ./ BESCHIETING VAN ANTWERPEN/ in field, 7. 8 9 Oct./ 1914: Bomb projectile speeding to l. juxtaposed on Antwerp coat of arms .
- Reference
- Lefebure.1923.284, Lefebure.1923.284
objects: 2
- Date
- 1920
- Obverse
- LIEGE ARRETE L'ARMEE ALLEMANDE/ in exergue: 4-16 AOUT 1914: Lion standing with forelegs on gun emplacement looking out over countryside/ town.
- Reverse
- 1914 -- 1916/ in exergue: POUR/ LA CIVILISATION: Bound naked woman kneeling in ruins guarded by vulture.
objects: 3
- Date
- 1923
- Obverse
- CARDINAL MERCIER.AD.MAX.TENIR.L.THEODOR.H.PIRENNE.1914-18: Four jugate busts
- Reverse
- .L'ALLEMAGNE.RETABLIT. .L'ESCLAVAGE.15Mai1916. (AM monogram): A laborer with work tools sitting proudly on an anvil
object: 1
- Date
- 1925
- Obverse
- HUMANITAS AMERICAE/ Ao MXXI RESTITUIT.: Eagle with spread wings atop coat of arms of Catholic University of Louvain; flanked by coat of arms of US and Belgium.
- Reverse
- BIBLIOTHECAM UNIVERSITATIS/ LOVANIENSIS Ao MCMXIV/ FERITATE GERMANICI/ EXERCITUS COMBUS-/ TAM: Interior view of library hall.
- Reference
- Lefebure.1923.3167, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.128, Lefebure.1923.3167, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.128
objects: 2
- Date
- 1918
- Mint
- New York City
- Obverse
- THE FOE OF FREE PEOPLES/ HIS ROSARY: Bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II with helmet and collar badge of skulls; on plaque below is engraved HIS ROSARY
- Reverse
- KULTUR IN BELGIUM MURDER PILLAGE/ PAUL MANSHIP c 1918: Kaiser Wilhelm II carrying off woman, child trampled below; on a bottom scroll MURDER PILLAGE
- Reference
- Kluge.Weisser.2014.no.B26, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.109, Kluge.Weisser.2014.no.B26, Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.109
object: 1
- Date
- 1920
- Obverse
- LA PRUSSE GARANTIT LA NEUTRALITE BELGE/ in exergue, 1839: Group of female figures, with figure representing Prussia, holding large sword, in center, standing in opposition to figure representing Belgium receiving document.
- Reverse
- In exergue: 4 AOŬT 1914: Two female figures representing Belgium to l. and Prussia to r. fighting each other; devastated, ruined landscape in background.
object: 1
- Date
- 1914
- Obverse
- LOUVAIN/ FOR BRUTAL CONDUCT
object: 1
- Date
- 1926
- Obverse
- MULTIPLICAT NOVIES PHOENIX REPARABILES ALES: Rising Phoenix to r. with sun rise in background.
- Reverse
- LA BELGIQUE REPARE LES DESASTRES DE LA GUERRE: Female figure, head to l., wearing laurel wreath, sword and carrying laurel branches in r. and l. hand, towering over ruins of city, which is in the process of being restored.
object: 1
- Date
- 1914
- Obverse
- DINANT/ GHENT/ ANTWERP/ LOUVAIN/ AMIENS/ RHEIMS
objects: 3
- Date
- 1922
- Obverse
- YSER/ MCMXIV: River god flanked by two soldiers among reeds; outline of town in far background.
- Reverse
- YPRES/ MCMXVIII: Soldier standing to r., holding rifle, among ruins of cloth hall.
object: 1
- Date
- 1914
- Obverse
- LOUVAIN/ FOR BRUTAL CONDUCT
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