Medal of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth Artist: Godefroid Devreese (Belgian, 1861–1941)

1910

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

10.09 g, 12:00, 32.70 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Anne Osterberg

Accession Number

2001.87.29386

Geography

Made in Belgium

Culture

Belgian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LL. MM. ALBERT / ELISABETH l. profile busts albert in front of elisabeth, albert weears short hair parted to l . and military jacket with laurel leaf on collar, tassled epaulets, and eight-point badge, elisabeth wears tiara, wide metal choker necklace, and strand of pearls, fabric draped around both of their shoulders

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: standing crowned woman r. with billowing fabric draped around her shoulders, kneeling crowned woman l. in long skirt holding up child in both hands to standing woman, sun behind on horizon behind and faint rays radiate throughout composition
Provenance
Anne Osterberg; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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