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Description: | Medal commemorating harbour improvements at Brussels. Obverse: Female figure (left) holding a flag, the god Mercury in winged helmet (right) on a quayside, a bollard and anchor and shield in foreground, ship in background. Inscription: 'Bruxelles 1922. Installations Maritimes.' Reverse: A man in armour (left), his right hand resting on a map. On column: '1561'.
The medal celebrates the opening of a Brussels harbour extension in November 1922. The port of Brussels was connected to the sea via the newly modernised Scheldt and Rupel-Brussels Canal (originally opened in 1561).
See article in The Times 13 Nov 1922 (transcript in notes).
caption: Medal commemorating the Maritime Installations, Brussels; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Maritime Installations, Brussels; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Devreese Godfroid | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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