Medal - Brussels International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958

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Item NU 34569 Medal - Brussels International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958

Summary

Commemorative Medal issued for the Brussels International Exhibition, 1958. Designed by Charles Leplae, issued in Brussels, Belgium, 1958.
Mint: not recorded

Obverse Description

Boy standing facing based on the statue "Luco" by Charles Leplae; around, 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALL BRUXELLES 1958 ALGEMENE WERLDTENTOONSTELLING BRUSSELL 1958'; in field lower right, 'LEPLAE / 1958 / INCIDIT'.

Reverse Description

Over a floral field at centre, 'POUR / UN / MONDE / PLUS / HUMAIN; around, VOOR E EN HUMANER WERELD'.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

The statue Luco by Charles Leplae (1944) in Emmalaan, Utrecht (since 1964)

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Collecting Areas

Public Life & Institutions
Acquisition Information

Cultural Gifts Donation from Harold Mower, Apr 1991
Date Issued

1958 AD
Issued By

Brussels, Belgium, 1958
Artist

Charles Leplae
Series

Exhibition
Material

Bronze
Axis

12
Classification

Medals, Commemorative, Exhibitions
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Numismatics
Type of item

Object
Dimensions

72 mm (Outside Diameter)
Shape

Round
Keywords

Art Medals

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY MESSAGE – Please read

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