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Medal - The history of Belgium in 100 medals
| Location | Belgium |
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| Composition | Gold plated silver |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a high-relief scene of a medieval marriage ceremony, showing a group of figures in period dress gathered around a central officiating clergyman in liturgical robes. A nobleman on the left extends his hands toward the cleric, with a young attendant and several noblewomen standing to the right, rendered in fine detail against a polished field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a polished dark field enclosed by a gilt oak and laurel wreath, surmounted by the rampant Belgian lion emblem at the top. The central field bears a bilingual inscription in Dutch and French recording the marriage of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to Margaret of Male, heiress of the County of Flanders, dated 19.VI.1369. |
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| Reverse lettering | Filips de Stoute, hertog van Bourgondië, huwt Margareta van Male, erfgename van Vlaanderen. 19.VI.1369 Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne, épouse Marguerite de Male, héritière du comté de Flandre. |
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