Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Belgium, Academie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 1841, a copper medal by A.C. Jouvenel, bust of Leopold I left, rev. busts of eminent physicians in medallions, 56mm (BDM III, 89); Exposition Internationale, Liège, 1930, a bronze medal by J. Witterwulghe for Fisch, 70mm; Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels, 1935, a bronze award plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson, named (Diplôme d’Honneur, M.H. Profiter), 79 x 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.12, 10; cf. DNW M5, 1454); Schrijvers, 1935, an octagonal bronze plaque by A. Mauquoy, named (Munheer Frans Leemans, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek), 62mm (Vandamme/Bernier 203); Pavillon Medical ‘Reine Astrid’, 1938, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned [by P. de Greef], 59 x 44mm; together with other Belgian and Dutch medals and plaques (8), by de Bremaecker, de Greef, Baetes, Theunis, v.d. Borcht, etc [13]. Mostly very fine, second scarce; six in cases of issue £50-70