SubjectEvent: The Rape of Belgium
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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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