Bronze Medal of Albert I of Belgium, New York City, NY. 0000.999.4429

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.4429

Obverse: KING ∗ ALBERT ∗ AND ∗ QUEEN ∗ ELISABETH ∗ OF ∗ THE ∗ BELGIANS ∗ - 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

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Reverse: COMMEMORATING·THEIR·AERIAL·CROSSING·OF·THE·ENGLISH·CHANNEL· / JVLY · MDCCCCXVIII - An airplane flying over the English Channel.

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Physical Description

Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 83.411
- Diameter (in mm): 63

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Date on Object
- Date: 1918
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Artist: Spicer-Simson, Theodore
- Issuer: American Numismatic Society
- Maker: Medallic Art Company
Geographic
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
Obverse
- Portrait: Albert I of Belgium
Edge
- Description: MEDALLIC ART CO NY

References

Reference: Johnson.32
Reference: Miller.2015.37

Administrative History

Identifier: 0000.999.4429
Lot: 0000.999
Department: Medals and Decorations
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Rights

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

Bronze Medal of Albert I of Belgium, New York City, NY. 0000.999.4429

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Date on Object

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Edge

References

Administrative History

Rights

Annotations

1. Medallic Art of the American Numismatic Society, 1865–2014