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Medal - Opening of the canal of Gand
Location | Netherlands |
Year | 1827 |
Type | Commemorative medal |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 44.51 g |
Diameter | 46 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Notice | Joseph-Pierre Braemt |
Reference(s) | Dirks#297, BDM I#261 |
Obverse description | Bust facing left. |
Obverse lettering | GVILIELMVS I. BELGARVM REX
BRAEMT. F. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Neptune holding a trident standing left with a foot over a galley ship`s prow, at the bottom left lying figure of Cérès holding a cornucopia. |
Reverse lettering | FLUVIIS. EXUNDANTIBUS. NAVIBUSQVE.
NOVA. IN. OCEANUM. VIA. MDCCCXXVII.
BRAEMT. F.
REGIO OPT ORDD. FLAND. ORIENT. // ET ZELAND. CUM. SENAT. GAND //
GRATI |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | |
Mintage | 1827 - MDCCCXXVII -
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Catalog ID | 8531327970 |
Comments | |