Belgium. Independence Medal 1830, not signed, Guioth, Rév. belge 38, Tourneur, 59, Bronze 41 mm, weight 38,30 g., Condition XF+, nice patina with luster, rare
Obverse: LE COURAGE NOUS A RENDUS LIBRES (Courage has made us free) Reverse: HONNEUR AUX VAINQUEURS LE PEUPLE BELGE A DETRUIT DESPOTISME ATLATYRANNIE (Honoring the victors, The Belgian people destroyed despotism and tyranny, September 1830)
Belgium, Austrian Netherlands. Medal commemorating the First Meeting of the Provincial Council of South Brabant in 1816, by Van De Goor. F, Dirks-77, Bronze 47 mm, weight 41,70 g., Condition aUNC/XF, nice patina with luster
Obverse: BOLD AUSTRIAC-Netherlands LION WITH SHIELD AND SWORD (The motif of the rampaging lion/shield/sword is almost the same as on the 3 Austrian-Dutch florins of 1790). Reverse: "LEGE. SACRAM. ASSERT. BRAB. ORD. BRUXELL. CONVOC. WILHELMUS REX. VIII. ID. JUL. MDCCCXVI.