Token - Exposition nationale des Arts Industriels 1874

Features

Location Belgium
King Leopold II (1865-1909)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1874
Composition Zinc-aluminium
Weight 11.7 g
Diameter 32.3 mm
Thickness 3.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
184584

Obverse

The main door of the central halls of BrusselsAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALLES CENTRALES / VILLE DE BRUXELLES
A. FISCH
SOUVENIR

Engraver: A. Fisch

Reverse

The Belgian coat of arms features a lion, with two lions standing on either side.
At the base, a ribbon bearing the country's motto.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXPOSITION NATIONALE DES ARTS INDUSTRIELS
L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE
1874

Edge

Plain

Comments

The Halles centrales were located in the rue de la Vierge Noire and were inaugurated in 1874, date of the exhibition. With an area of 5000 m², two pavilions were separated by a covered street of 12 m wide.
Originally, these pavilions were dedicated to trade and housed the wholesalers of the city's markets, then a wing was transformed into an entertainment area in 1893 where skating rink, shows, balls, cinema and greyhound races followed one another. In 1957, these halls were gradually destroyed to build a parking lot for the 1958 World's Fair.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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