Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - World Exposition in Antwerpen
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | City scene depicting the tall Gothic tower of Antwerp Cathedral in the left field, with flagpoles and a monoplane flying in the right field, and a caduceus emblem at the top. In the lower portion, the stylized prow of a ship surges through waves, bearing the date 1930 in the exergue area. The circular legend runs along the rim. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | WERELDTENTOONSTELLING ANTWERPEN - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ANVERS |
| Reverse description | Allegorical composition featuring three figures: a laureate bearded male figure (Neptune) seated to the right holding a trident, with a bare-breasted female figure standing behind him extending a small statuette aloft, and a nude figure in the foreground reclining amid a boat laden with tropical produce and exotic goods. A neoclassical colonnaded building is depicted in the left background. The engraver's signature ALF. MAUQUOY appears in the lower left field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |