Medal - Federation of Horticultural Societies of Belgium (Huy) 1949 front Medal - Federation of Horticultural Societies of Belgium (Huy) 1949 back
Medal - Federation of Horticultural Societies of Belgium (Huy) 1949 photo
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Medal - Federation of Horticultural Societies of Belgium Huy

1949 year
Florentine bronze 47.5 g 50.90 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1949
Composition
Florentine bronze
Weight
47.5 g
Diameter
50.90 mm
Thickness
4.82 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#429864
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

In the upper part of the field, a crowned shield of Belgium with the motto in both languages. In the lower part of the field, a rectangle with cut corners containing the legend. A laurel wreath wrapped around it.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT
HUY 1949

Edge

Plain

Comment

The articles of association were published in the Revue de la Fédération des Sociétés d'Horticulture de Belgique in 1865. They set out the Federation's corporate purpose:

The date of the constituent AGM is September 24, 1854:

https://books.google.be/books?id=-TkCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Following the regionalization of agricultural competencies, the French-speaking branch of this Federation is now the Fédération des Sociétés Horticoles de la Communauté Française de Belgique.

Huy is a French-speaking town in the Walloon region of Belgium, capital of a district in the province of Liège. Huy is located on the Meuse at its confluence with the Hoyoux, halfway between Namur and Liège.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huy