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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Murena on April 02, 2010, 01:31:40 pm
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I have dug this gilded bronze medal. I place photos after a finding and after cleaning in a soap solution. An inscription around:
“2 ieme EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DU CNFORT DANS LHABITATION * LIEGE 1928*” .
On other party of the medal there is a signature. Can anyone have information about the medal worth and is it rare item? Thanks.
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How exciting it must have been to find this!
I found a similar medal from the 1928 International Exposition in Paris that looks similar to yours, but the figure is seated. I don't see a photo of the reverse side unfortunately. It looks like a medal for a different type of award, at the same exhibition. Here is the similar medal:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico328302-91105.html#record (http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico328302-91105.html#record)
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I had come up with the French Intl Exposition as well Tales but can't find this particular medal/award.
Where did you dig this at?
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I am hunter of the WWII artifacts (hobby of metal detecting) and the medal was found in entrenchments, Lithuania. In the entrenchments were armed forces of Germany in 1944. For me it was very strange to find this item on this site.
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Perhaps it was from a soldier (via France?) who'd thought it was gold ?
Wonderful little item , Murena & good for home comfort too !
I'd suspect one might could track down the history on this one (as to who originally it was awarded to &/or how someone @ the Expo could get one) .
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Great find Murena!
I agree with regjoe....
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Thanks a lot. I will try historical investigation of this award. The medal has been buried more than 60 years and gilding layer is coming off slowly. I think that further will be needed full cleaning (electrolyze treatment) & restoration (gilding) of this item as bronze under soil influence has become covered by oxides. I have experience in it and many artifacts of the WWII and others have been restored in this way.
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Okay Murena, here is a list of all known International Expositions held in the world.
Look at 1928. There were two. One in the US and one in Germany! In other words...a World Fair which lasted from May to October 1928. 1928 - Germany Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_fairs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_fairs)
BUT in 1928 there was the founding of the Bureau International of Expositions in Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Expositions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Expositions)
I believe that this is the winner!!!!! It was a international convention that was decided where/how to have future world's fairs/expositions!!!!!
This is monumental in the future of expositions! Makes the medal even more important!!!! Do agree that it is most likely from this exposition or commemorating it! It was held in November 1928.
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On this informative site there are several medal sites listed:
Perhaps you can contact them individually for assistance with this!
http://www.medalsoftheworld.com/ (http://www.medalsoftheworld.com/)
http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Collecting/Coins/Medals_and_Tokens/ (http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Collecting/Coins/Medals_and_Tokens/)
This site says the person will answer questions but not of values http://www.finemedals.com/ (http://www.finemedals.com/) Here's his collection of
Int'l Exhibitions & Worlds' Fairs http://www.finemedals.com/exhibitions.htm (http://www.finemedals.com/exhibitions.htm)
Also, blew up the pic of signature and it appears to be H Heuser....on this site of engravers of medals there is a Heusers.
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/zeurg/medailles_collection.htm (http://pagesperso-orange.fr/zeurg/medailles_collection.htm)
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Thanks a lot KC for important links. Before I have addressed at this forum I could not assume that this medal can have a historical worth. Really I’m pleasantly surprised. You are right the artist is H. Heuser. I will share results of my further investigation at this forum. Thanks once again for help. I really appreciate it.
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Any one care to muster up the reasoning for L G on the coin?
I only found one more medal (for a dog) that has L G on it as well.
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Any one care to muster up the reasoning for L G on the coin?
I only found one more medal (for a dog) that has L G on it as well.
I know I actually ran across some explanation about that LG in my hunting. I'll see
if I can backtrack and find that.
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Here's the site with the dog medal with LG on both sides of a column just like the medal in question.
http://www.artmedal.be/ (http://www.artmedal.be/)
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The Liege Medal 1914, also with the L G on either side......still trying to figure out where I saw that
explanation.
http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/foreignguide/belgian/liege_1914.htm
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Again two more Liege medals with the LG (2/3 of the way down the page)
http://www.belgian-medals.com/Miscellaneous_Medals.html
I'm wondering if it pertains to a specific crest for the town/city of Liege??
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No luck yet finding that but did come across this site....don't know if it's still active, but looks like
a great place to ask all these questions. ;)
http://www.belgian-medals.com/Archive.html
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Alright, think the L G is solved.
http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/be-wlg.html
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Fontaine de La Place du Marche et le Perron, Liege
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/geeziesmom/la-place-du-marche-et-le-perron.jpg)
"Place du Marche Perron Liège
Liege, Belgium is a city steeped in a lot of history, and none more fascinating than the story behind the monument the Perron in Place du Marche. The Perron is the very essence of Liege and its freedom. The story goes the original Perron was destroyed by Charles the Bold of Burgundy. In what must have caused a family tiff, Mary of Burgundy (his daughter) had it rebuilt. The Perron you see today was created in 1697 by Jean Delcour. A striking monument, look closely at the octagonal fountain with arcades in which a column (carried by four lions) supports the Three Graces carrying a pinecone.
Perhaps a more apt description of this striking fountain would be to mention a stone column on a three step pedestal with angles resting on lying lions. The Three Graces actually not only carry a pinecone, but a cross as well. The importance of this symbol cannot be underestimated in the fabric of Liege. The Perron was the symbol of the justice of the Prince-Bishop of Liege. It is represented on the armorials and was once on the coins of the Prince Bishopric of Liege. Very simply, the Perron means freedom to the people of Liege."
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/geeziesmom/liege_perron_0107_raw.jpg)
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Thanks everyone for helping out on this mystery...this one is fun....still more to unravel!
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Okay.....further investigation reveals.....
CONFORT is a commune in the western part of France. Habitation in France refers to a community - could also refer to Le Corbusier who was renowned in France for Unité d'Habitation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A9_d%27Habitation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A9_d%27Habitation)
In Liege 1928 he erected the first portable pavilion for the Nestle company in Paris for a commercial exhibition.