Medal - Inauguration of the railway line Bruxelles-Paris

Location Belgium
Year 1846
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Bronze
Weight 192.20 g
Diameter 73 mm
Thickness 6.50 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Tourneur#721 , Moyaux#72
Obverse description Winged goddess of victory with laurel wreath and olive branch connects two medallions. Left: Leopold I, King of the Belgians (to the right); right: Louis-Philippe I, King of the French (to the left). Inscriptions: ‘LEOPOLD I ROI DES BELGES’ and ‘LOUIS PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS’. Below: ‘L`UNION FAIT LA FORCE’.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering LEOPOLD I KING OF THE BELGIANS LOUIS PHILIPPE I KING OF THE FRENCH L`UNION FAIT LA FORCE
Reverse description Locomotive right.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering INAUGURATION DU CHEMIN DE FER DE BRUXELLES À PARIS G. J. DE BAVAY MINISTRE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS HART FECIT 14 JUIN 1846
Mintage
Numisquare ID 6109813720
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