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Medal - The history of Belgium in 100 medals
| Location | Belgium |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a robed medieval scholar or scribe seated at a writing desk, bent forward in the act of writing or illuminating a manuscript. Several bound volumes are stacked beneath the desk, rendered in high relief against a plain field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a black enamelled field surrounded by a gilt laurel wreath, surmounted at the top by the Belgian lion emblem in relief. The central field bears a bilingual inscription in Dutch and French referring to Jean Froissart presenting his chronicle to Charles VI of France, circa 1396. |
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| Reverse lettering | Jean Froissart draagt zijn kroniek op aan Karel VI van Frankrijk. ca 1396 Jean Froissart présente sa chronique à Charles VI, roi de France. |
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