Agricultural award medal - Concours Agricole d'Esneux
1926 year| Bronze | 74.6 g | 59.90 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| Type | Award medals › Agricultural and industrial awards |
| Year | 1926 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 74.6 g |
| Diameter | 59.90 mm |
| Thickness | 5.43 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#429739 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Blazon of Belgium with the legend on 3 lines, the 1st and 3rd are curved, and the motto of Belgium at the bottom of the blazon. The workshop mark in the exergue and the signature at 7 o'clock.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CONCOURS AGRICOLE
D'ESNEUX
24·5·1926
L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE
J.L FONSON & CIE
Edge
Plain
Comment
A schoolteacher by training, Ernest Bastin (1870-1926) developed a passion for sculpture. After training at the Schaerbeek and Brussels Academies, where he was a pupil of Léon Mignon, he devoted himself fully to his art, creating busts, bulls and plough horses in the image of his teacher from Liège. In addition to commissions for outdoor monuments such as the Gembloux bronze, he also created small models in terracotta or bronze representing animals or people associated with industrial or agricultural activities, as well as sporting events.
https://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/etiquettes/bastin-ernest
The signature J.L could not be identified...
Atelier Fonson & Cie. Medal production was not the main activity of this former company, founded in 1848. The production of military equipment, swords, uniforms and buttons were the initial reason for the company's establishment in rue de la Fabrique (Fabrieksstraat in Brussels) at different house numbers. ...
See more at http://www.numisbel.be/KBGN%20175_De%20Lombaert.pdf, page 157...
Esneux is a Belgian commune in the Walloon province of Liège.
