A Collection of Belgium Medals

A. Bonnetain [Brussels]: Gérard de Stoppelaar, 1912, plaque, 60 x 44mm; Madame la Comtesse de Flandre, 1912, uniface memorial plaque, 75 x 53mm (BDM VII, 95); Souvenez-Vous: Tous en Un, 1922, 71mm; Pour l’Art [25th Brussels Salon], 1923, uniface plaque, 61 x 44mm; 40th Anniversary of the Fédération des Avocats Belges, 1926, uniface plaque, 71 x 55mm (cf. BDW 17, 587); Léon Leclere, 1927, 60mm; Centenary of the Société Royale de Philanthropie, Brussels, 1928, uniface plaque, 77 x 63mm; Conférence du Jeune Barreau, Brussels, 1931, 65mm (BDM VII, 95); Georges Damiens, 1931, uniface plaque, 68 x 62mm; King Albert, plated prize plaque, un-named, 52 x 45mm; Centenary of the Belgian Military Academy, 1934, 65mm; Georges Vaxelaire, Consul-Général of Poland, 1934, 66mm; Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1935, plaques (2), one named (A. Gilon), both 81 x 67mm; Prenzlau [Prisoner-of-War Camp], 1945, named (Madame Morel, Reconnaissance), 70mm; The House of Representatives to Henry Carton de Wiart, 1946, 72mm. [16]. Prenzlau extremely fine and rare, others generally about very fine and better but Philanthropie plaque with verdigris, a good representative group of this artist’s work (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Belgium Medals.

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The Countess of Flanders (1845-1912) was a noted benefactor of the arts; this plaque was issued by the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille through Fonson.

The Conférence de Jeune Barreau medal is an annual award first given in 1913.

Georges Damiens, principal of the Collège d’Administration de la Brasserie Leopold