Medal - Lucien Beauduin, director of the sugar factory in Tienen 1941 front Medal - Lucien Beauduin, director of the sugar factory in Tienen 1941 back
Medal - Lucien Beauduin, director of the sugar factory in Tienen 1941 photo
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Medal - Lucien Beauduin, director of the sugar factory in Tienen

1941 year
Bronze 61.1 g 50.28 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1941
Composition
Bronze
Weight
61.1 g
Diameter
50.28 mm
Thickness
5.15 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#431732
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

8-line inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1891
DIRECTEUR
&
ADMINISTRATEUR-DELEGUE
DE LA
SUCRERIE TIRLEMONTOISE
1941

Edge

Plain

Comment

Henri Joseph Lucien Beauduin, born May 20, 1869 in Roost-Krenwik and died May 31, 1946 in Saint-Gilles (Brussels), was a Belgian liberal senator and industrialist, and an agricultural engineer from UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain).

He was heavily involved in the Belgian sugar industry as director of Raffinerie tirlemontoise. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crédit Immobilier de Belgique. He also chaired the International Sugar Council.

He was a local councillor in Tienen and then mayor of Lubbeek; he was co-opted as a senator from 1929 to 1932.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Beauduin