Lead Medal of Albert I of Belgium, New York City, NY. 0000.999.4421

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 113.155
  • Diameter (in mm): 69

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1918
• Material: Lead

• Authority

  • Artist: Spicer-Simson, Theodore
  • Issuer: American Numismatic Society

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Legend: KING ∗ ALBERT ∗ AND ∗ QUEEN ∗ ELISABETH ∗ OF ∗ THE ∗ BELGIANS ∗
  • Type: Conjoined busts of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, facing left; on ribbon under busts, FORTISSIMI· SUNT · BELGAE; below, oak leaves from ANS seal; to left, TSS monogram
  • Portrait: Albert I of Belgium

References

• Reference: Johnson.32
• Reference: Miller.2015.37

Administrative History

• Identifier: 0000.999.4421
• Lot: 0000.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined