Minière et Métallurgique Rodange - Charles Libotte
1949 year| Bronze | 143.9 g | - |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1949 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 143.9 g |
| Size | 78.85 × 62.85 mm |
| Thickness | 4.34 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular (irregular) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#432143 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
The legend in 5 lines. Lines separate the 2nd from the 3rd and the 4th from the 5th.
Lettering:
M . M . R
75e ANNIVERSAIRE
CHARLES LIBOTTE
JUBILE INDUSTRIEL
RODANGE 20 MAI 1949
Unabridged legend: Minière et Métallurgique RODANGE
Edge
Smooth, with the workshop name debossed on the lower edge.
Lettering: FONSON
Comment
The engraver:
Gustave Fischweiler, born in Saint-Servais (Namur) on December 18, 1911 and died in 1990, was a Belgian sculptor, medallist and painter. He made his name mainly as a medallist. He also painted on easels.
More information at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Fischweiler and http://www.numisbel.be/1986_6.pdf
Minière et Métallurgique de Rodange (MMR) (Rodange mines and steelworks) was a Luxembourg blast furnace steel producer and mining company originally founded in 1872 under the name Hauts-Fourneaux de Rodange. From 1905 to 1935, the company was a division of Ougrée-Marihaye. In 1973, the company merged with Société des Hauts Fourneaux et Aciéries d'Athus to form Société Métallurgique et Minière de Rodange-Athus (MMRA), and in 1978, ARBED acquired a 25% stake in the company. At the end of the 1970s, the Athus plant closed and steel production and mining activities ceased in Rodange. The company then became a steel rolling mill specializing in rails. In 1994, the company merged with another Luxembourg steel company based in Schifflange to form ARES (Aciéries Rodange Esch-Schifflange), part of ProfilARBEB, the long products division of ARBED. Since 2010, the remains of the company have been known as ArcelorMittal Rodange & Schifflange S.A., part of the ArcelorMittal group.
See more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A8re_et_M%C3%A9tallurgique_de_Rodange
Charles Libotte (3.1.1873 in Liège - 10.10.1951 in Brussels) worked at the Rodange plant from 1899 to 1949. He graduated in engineering from the University of Liège in 1895 and joined the Rodange plant on May 20, 1899 as production manager. He was General Manager of the Rodange plant from March 1926 until 1949.
Charles Libotte's full CV at https://industrie.lu/LibotteCharles.html
