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Antwerpen [Antwerp Belgium Liberation Anniversary Medal] 1984 [graphic material] /[restrike] [Belgian] [after Josue Dupon]

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Item

Date:

1984.

Reference:

R11847-110-4-E, Volume number: 17

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3692535

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Maxwell Yalden fonds

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Antwerpen [Antwerp Belgium Liberation Anniversary Medal] 1984
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Date(s):

1984.

Place of creation:

Belgium

Extent:

1 medallic : medal, circular, antiqued bronze ; 70.0 mm diam.

Language of material:

Dutch

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Medal is a commemorative item likely issued as a keepsake of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Antwerp from German occupation by allied (including Canadian) troops in September 1944. This medal is likely a restrike of a much earlier medal produced by Josue Dupon (1864-1935) a noted Belgian sculptor and medalist. The obverse and reverse of the medal produced in 1984 are quite different in style; the reverse simply exhibits raised lettering with no image.

Maxwell Yalden may have received this medal when he was Ambassador of Canada in Belgium. He was appointed to this post in 1984.

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MSS2443

Finding aid:

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(Paper) Art accession file. R11847 - 2006, Art Library. (90: Open)

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Physical description note:

Obverse: image t.: crown; l. and r.: nude man and woman wearing hip garlands; c.: reduced sized castle.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed, obverse t.: ANTWERPEN (S.P.Q.A.) ; l.l.: on the surround, near woman's foot, signed: Josue Dupon ; reverse b.: AANGEBODEEN / TER GELEGENHEID VAN / DE 40STE HERDENKING VAN / DE BEVRIJDING VAN / ANTWERPEN / SEPTEMBER / 1984 [inscription roughly translated: 'presented on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Antwerp', September 1984]

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Volume [R11847]

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17 Item no. assigned by LAC R11847-3

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Accession no. R11847-3

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