Belgium Large Medal Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles / Duke of Brabant – 9 April 1853 - By Wiener EF+

Belgium – Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles / Leopold, Duke of Brabant – 9 April 1853

Large bronze medal by Léopold Wiener.

Country: Belgium
Place: Brussels
Subject: Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles / Leopold, Duke of Brabant
Date: 9 April 1853
Medallist: Léopold Wiener
Material: Bronze
Weight: 180 g
Diameter: 75 mm

Obverse:
Bare head of Leopold, Duke of Brabant, facing left.
Legend: “LEOP: LUD: PH: M: V: DUX BRABANTIAE”.
Signed below: “LEOPOLD WIENER F.”

Reverse:
Interior view of a large hall, shown in perspective, with columns, windows and decorated ceiling.
Signed at lower left: “L. WIENER F.”

Inscription in exergue:
“9 AVRIL 1853”
“À S. A. R. LE DUC DE BRABANT”
“LA SOCIÉTÉ PHILHARMONIQUE”
“DE BRUXELLES”
“PLACÉE SOUS SON PATRONAGE”
“DEPUIS 1841.”

References:
Van Hoydonck 109; Reinecke 134.


Remarks:
Medal relating to Leopold, Duke of Brabant, later King Leopold II of Belgium, and the Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles, which is described on the medal as having been under his patronage since 1841.

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