Medal - Frère-Orban 1851 front Medal - Frère-Orban 1851 back
Medal - Frère-Orban 1851 photo

Medal - Frère-Orban

1851 year
Bronze 54.6 g 50.3 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
King
Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1851
Composition
Bronze
Weight
54.6 g
Diameter
50.3 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#240514
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Between a flower above and a star below, the text praising the advances of the character in Belgium.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ÉTABLISSEMENT / DE L'ÉQUILIBRE DANS LES FINANCES / DE L'ÉTAT. / LOI SUR LES TRAVAUX PUBLICS. / CRÉATION / DE LA BANQUE NATIONALE. / ORGANISATION / DU SERVICE DU CAISSIER DE L'ÉTAT. / INSTITUTION / DE LA CAISSE GÉNÉRALE / DE RETRAITE. / CRÉDIT FONCIER.

Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel

Edge

Plain

Comment

Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère, known as Frère-Orban, born in Liège on April 24, 1812 and died on January 2, 1896 in Brussels, was a Belgian liberal politician, Doctor of Law, who left his mark on the first half-century of Belgium's independence.