Token - Inauguration of the Belgian railway Rhine

Features

Location Belgium
King Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1843
Composition Brass
Weight 7.3 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
91771

Commemorative issue

Inauguration of a railroad line between Belgium and GermanyAutomatically translated

Obverse

Steam locomotive called "Le Belge" turned to the rightAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INAUGURATION DU CHEMIN DE FER INTERNATIONAL BELGE-RHÉNAN
13 OCTOBRE
1843
HART F.

Unabridged legend: Hart Fecit

Engraver: Laurent Hart

Reverse

In a crown of flowers, fruits and leaves mixed any,
a symbolic handshake surmounting two octagonal coats of arms, one of which represents a lion on a squared background and the other a crowned eagle holding a scepter with its right paw and a golden orb with its left.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE

Edge

Smooth

Comments

The locomotive mentioned, used on this Liege-Cologne line, was the first to be manufactured in Belgium by the "John Cockerill" factories in Seraing.

Signature under date :

Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1843  89% (fr) signature "HART F." sous la locomotive
1843  11% (fr) signature "HART FECIT" sous la date

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