Belgium, GHENT EXPOSITION UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL, 1913, Medal, AU

Belgium, GHENT EXPOSITION UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL, 1913 Medal, AU, Bronze plaquette, 67 X 70mm by Godefroid Devreese. Obv: Belgium, as a statuesque crowned woman, is in center, facing left. She greets three women (The Arts?), one holding a caduceus, another a lyre. Behind Belgium are two other figures, a young girl strewing flowers and a young worker, wearing an apron and with a large sledge on his shoulder. In the exergue, to left: GAND WERELD/ TENTOONSTELLING. In center: 1913. To right: EXPOSn UNIVERSELLE/ et INTERNATIONALE GENT. Rv: In the foreground, two women are in a pergola. One is seated, left, the other kneels, right but both are making flower garlands. In the distance are the buildings of the exposition. Condition is without nicks, but has some light scratches and two small corrosion spots on the Rv. From the T.H.G Collection.