Belgium. Antwerp. International Exhibition commemorative medal, 1885. By Léopold Wiener.
Obverse: View of the exhibition’s monumental entrance building, surmounted by a globe. Legend: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D’ANVERS. Date 1885 below.
Reverse: The River Scheldt personified as a seated river god holding a cornucopia and resting on an overturned urn. An anchor and chain lie beside him. Behind is a three-towered castle surmounted by the two hands associated with Antwerp’s heraldry. Below: ANTWERPEN and the signature LEOP. WIENER.
Issued to commemorate the Antwerp International Exhibition of 1885, combining the exhibition’s architecture with symbols of the city’s river trade and prosperity.
Reference: Alvin 199.
Weight: 10 g.
Diameter: 31 mm.
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