Médaille - Réforme parlementaire 1848 front Médaille - Réforme parlementaire 1848 back
Médaille - Réforme parlementaire 1848 photo

Médaille - Réforme parlementaire

1848 year
Bronze 55.25 g 50.1 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
King
Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type
Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals
Year
1848
Composition
Bronze
Weight
55.25 g
Diameter
50.1 mm
Thickness
5.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#294116
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Between an oak branch on the right and an olive branch on the left, a board topped by a dome containing text. Around this plate, a list of illustrious ministers. In an outer ring, another legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LE ROI GARDE SES SERMENTS * LA NATION GARDERA LES SIENS
* * 1848 * *
CH. ROGIER • DE HAUSSY • C. D'HOFFSCHMIDT • L. VEYDT • BON CHAZAL • FRÈRE -ORBAN • MINISTRES •
ABAISSEMENT DU CENS
ÉLECTORAL
———
RÉFORME
PARLEMENTAIRE
———
FONDS VOTÉS
POUR L'AMÉLIORATION
DU SORT DES OUVRIERS

Edge

Plain

Comment

Description of ministers:
Charles Rogier, Minister of the Interior from 1832 to 1834
François-Philippe Louis Joseph de Haussy, Minister of Justice from 1847 to 1850
ConstantErnest d'Hoffschmidt, Minister of Public Works from 1845 to 1846
Laurent Veydt, Minister of Finance from 1847 to 1848
Baron Pierre Emmanuel Félix Chazal, Minister of War from 1847 to 1850
Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère, known as Frère-Orban, Minister of Public Works in 1847, then of Finance in 1848