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Belgium, Charles Buls, 1899, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, bust left, reverse symbolic figures seated and standing, 70mm (Méd. Hist. II, 58; Dompierre 391; BDM I, 575; cf. BDW 18, 682); Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, bust left, reverse male and figure inspecting rifles at a lathe, 65mm (Dom. 677; cf. DW 19, 242); Jean Leurs, 1913, a uniface bronze medal by P. Wissaert, uniformed bust left, 65mm (BDM VI, 519) [3]. Generally very fine (£35-45)

Charles Buls served as Burgomaster of Brussels from 1881 to 1899; the medal was struck in 1901 after his death. Gustave Francotte, Belgian Minister for Industry