Medal

Georges Petit (Belgian (Liége), born in 1879)

1916

Object PlaceBelgium

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 71 mm (2 13/16 in.)

Credit LineDeposited by the Boston Atheneum

Accession number13.4461

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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Europe

InscriptionsInscribed on edge "LISSOR 159 LIÉGE". Obverse: Inscribed above "LA BELGIQVE SE SOVVIENDRA", at proper left, a "J" and "L" incised within a circle, separated by vertical line, and below in script "Georges Petit.1916". Reverse: Inscribed on hull "COMM.FOR RELIEF/IN BELGIUM", and below a "J" and "L" incised within a circle, separated by vertical line and "G.P.".

ProvenanceBy 1921, Dupriez (Brussels); 1921, sold by Dupriez to MFA for $2. (Accession Date: December 1921)