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Medal - The history of Belgium in 100 medals Taking of Jerusalem
| Location | Belgium |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Dynamic battle scene in high relief depicting armored Crusader knights storming fortified walls. A prominent knight in the center, wearing chainmail and bearing a shield, raises his sword while scaling a wooden siege structure, with massed soldiers bearing spears and shields surrounding him on all sides. |
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| Reverse description | Mirror-polished field enclosed by a laurel wreath in relief, with the Belgian lion emblem at the top. The central field bears a bilingual inscription in Dutch and French recording the taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099, with a small mintmark at the bottom. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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