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Medal - Society for the Encouragement of the Breeding of War Horses

Medal - Society for the Encouragement of the Breeding of War Horses - obverseMedal - Society for the Encouragement of the Breeding of War Horses - reverse

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Features

Location Belgium
Type Membership medals
Year 1920
Composition Silver plated bronze
Weight 55.1 g
Diameter 50.13 mm
Thickness 4.83 mm
Shape Round with a loop
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
429585

Obverse

Bust with helmet facing slightly left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ALBERT ROI DES BELGES
Jacques MARIN 1919

Engraver: Jacques Marin

Reverse

Horse left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT
POUR
L'ELEVAGE DU
CHEVAL D'ARMES
E Bastin 1920

Engraver: Ernest Bastin

Edge

Plain

Comments

The engravers
Jacques Marin (1877-1950) was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Although he did not have his own workshop, he worked extensively with the Hart studio in Brussels. Marin sculpted busts, allegorical figures, war monuments, tokens and medals, and Christian and religious works in bronze, ivory, clay, plaster and wax. His recurring themes were female figures and groups.
Translated from https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marin_(beeldhouwer)

A schoolteacher by training, Ernest Bastin (1870-1926) developed a passion for sculpture. After training at the Schaerbeek and Brussels Academies, where he was a pupil of Léon Mignon, he devoted himself fully to his art, creating busts, bulls and plough horses in the image of his teacher from Liège. In addition to commissions for outdoor monuments such as the Gembloux bronze, he also created small models in terracotta or bronze representing animals or people associated with industrial or agricultural activities, as well as sporting events.
https://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/etiquettes/bastin-ernest

The medal
The Société d'Encouragement pour l'Élevage du Cheval d'Armes was founded in 1920. Its aim was to encourage the breeding of a horse intended primarily for remounting the Belgian army, then gradually for leisure activities. From 1930 onwards, the motorization of the army and transport greatly reduced outlets. Our association, now known as "le Demi-Sang Belge", set out to promote the breeding of lighter, more elegant saddle horses, using sires closer to the blood. ...

See more on https://www.sbsnet.be/fr/historique

This medal, probably created for the launch of the Society, exists not only in silver bronze (as shown above) but also in bronze:

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_d%27Encouragement_pour_l%27El%C3%A9vage_du_Cheval_d%27Armes,_medal_by_Jacques_Marin_(1877-1950),_Belgium,_1920,_Coins_and_Medals_Department_of_the_Royal_Library_of_Belgium,_2M344_-_1_(verso).jpg

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1920)  Bronze
ND (1920)  Bronze, silver plated

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