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Description: | EPREUVE D'AUTEUP
FONSON & CIE
whole : description : MODEL
piece : obverse design : Burgomaster Adolphe Max, bust, three-quarter left profile, in uniform. To the left of the bust a small figure of
St Michael standing on the devil and the date "1914"
piece : obverse text : "ADOLPHE MAX BOURGMESTRE DE BRUXELLES"
piece : reverse design : cock, standing, facing right, upon a loaf of bread. Its head is thrown back and its left spur raised. Behind the
cock, to its left, a set of scales
piece : reverse text : "LES VERTUS CIVIQUES" (upper edge) & "JUSTICE.VIGILANCE.CHARITE" (lower edge)
last character is a poorly impressed R | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Western Front & German Offensive 1914 & Brussels Defence of & 3/8/1914 = 20/8/1914 portrait / personification Max BE.A commemorative Adolphe (Burgomaster) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Devreese, Godefroid | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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