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Description: | FONSON & CIE
obverse design : St George, on horseback facing right, in plate armour and plumed helmet. His horse rears as he drives his
lance into the breast of a monster which has the head of an eagle, the body of a man and bat-like wings. The monster's left hand rests upon
the broken crowned shield of Belgium. In the left background the sea, a lighthouse and shining sun partly obscured by the
horizon
obverse text : "MAGNAE BRITANIAE"
reverse design : lion, reclining to left, its head raised to gaze at a low squared column one side of which is decorated with the crowned
Belgian shield of arms encircled by entwined thorns. Above this motif is the text "ANNIS BELLI". The column is surmounted by a smoking
sacrificial urn. Positioned at the upper centre edge is a shield bearing the Union Flag enclosed by a palm and laurel wreath. Above and to
the right of the lion is a tablet marked "HOMMAGE DE L'AVTEVR" resting on a sprig of ivy. Beneath the lion, within a tablet at base of
design, the text "GRATA BELGICA"
Medal by Josuë Dupon (1864-1935) commemorating Great Britain as a defender and supporter of Belgium throughout the
First World War. The panel above the lion on the reverse implies that the piece represents the personal thanks of the artist himself
although the original catalogue card associated with this piece is titled 'Belgian gratitude to England, 1919'. See also MED
827. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Defence of & 1914 = 1918 Western Front & Belgium commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dupon, Josuë | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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