The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

BELGIUM/FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, a plated square bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Comité Français, seated figure of Belgium before a church portal presents naked winged Genius with a laurel branch, watched by a standing Marianne, rev. the Expo pavilion, arms of Brussels below, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 68mm, 128.21g (Coll. R. Marx 165; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 202; BDM VI, 698; cf. Schulman e4, 1779; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 113, 1035; cf. Noonans 257, 599). Softly worked, very fine; in original fitted black case, lid gilt-blocked ‘Bruxelles 1910’ £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The Exposition, dedicated to science, the arts, industry and trade, opened on 23 April 1910 but, despite 13 million visitors before it closed on 1 November, was a loss-making venture, partly because of a large fire which damaged the Belgian, French and British pavilions