Medal - Centenary festival of Watermael-Boitsfort
1930 year| Bronze | 8.5 g | 25.90 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
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| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1930 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 25.90 mm |
| Thickness | 2.46 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#429866 |
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| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Arms in an oak and laurel wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WATERMAEL
BOITSFORT
Edge
Plain
Comment
Watermael-Boitsfort is one of Belgium's 19 bilingual communes in the Brussels-Capital region.
The word Watermael (traces of it are found only around 1191, the name used until then being Guatremal) comes from: water (Dutch for "water") and mahl( Latinmallum, "plaid", place where justice is administered). According to Alphonse Wauters, the name comes from Wactarmala, derived from two Germanic words: wachter, "guardian", and mal, Latin mallum, "plaid".
The word Boitsfort (appearing around 1227) is less precise: there are several possibilities to choose from. In short, a document from this period gives the name of Godefroid de Boudesfort. For others, the word Boud or Baldo is an abbreviation of Baudouin, and the word fort refers to a domain, i.e. the Domaine de Baudouin.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermael-Boitsfort
