Medal of Aux Braves Defendeurs de Bruxelles Artist: Adrien Hippolyte Veyrat (Belgian, 1803–1883)

1830

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

17.17 g, 12:00, 32.9 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.28128

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: SEPTEMBRE / 1830 / UNION FORCE / AUX BRAVES DEFENDEURS DE BRUXELLES PAR LEUR COMMANDANT DON JUAN VAN HALEN floral wreath

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: AU / PATRIOTISME / BELGE / COURAGEUSEMENT / EPROUVE / DONNE EN SOUVENIR SOUS LA REGENCE DE SURLET DE CHOKIER EN JUIN M DCCC XXXI / NO. 10 oak wreath with flower at top
Provenance
Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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