Belgium
Medal - B.C. Dumortier 1839 front Medal - B.C. Dumortier 1839 back
Medal - B.C. Dumortier 1839 photo
Medal - B.C. Dumortier 1839 front Medal - B.C. Dumortier 1839 back

Medal - B.C. Dumortier

1839 year
Bronze - 50 mm
Description
Location
 Belgium
King
 Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type
 Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
 1839
Composition
 Bronze
Diameter
 50 mm
Shape
 Round
Technique
 Milled
Orientation
 Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
 2024-11-12
References
Numista
 N#224753
Rarity index
 97%

Reverse

Text

Lettering:
LA BELGIQUE RECONNAISSANTE
A L'ELOQUENT
DEFENSEUR
DU TERRITOIRE
ET DES
DROITS DU PAYS
1838 - 39

Edge

Plain

Comment

Dumortier was a defender of the integrity of the national territory, which led to the retrocession to Holland of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the North of the Province of Limburg (Maastricht) and surroundings) in 1839, against the opinion of the populations concerned.

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