IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, . . . . IT'S FREAKING HERE . . . . . . .

I know you are all tired of seeing this one, but I am SOOOOOO excited it came in before Christmas. No more using the sellers photos, I got's me own pichers now . . . . .

Purchased on November 16th, arrived in just under one month from Portugal. Better time than SOME shipments from California . . . . .

In the hand it looks as good as I hoped. It's not "perfect." Got a few rim dings, a couple "pre-corrosion" spots on the reverse, but little to no real wear that I can discern. The strike is impeccable as are all Leopold Wiener medals.

I already have it in a self-slab, and will photograph that as soon as I get labels printed up.

Then I'll shut up about it.

Enjoy . . . . .

Z

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Fantastic piece!

 

That's a great looking medal

 

Nice clear lettering, Antwerps Art Festival, 18, 19, 20 August 1861, WT Jonsten Gathers

 

That is beautiful. What are the dimensions?

 

It's a beauty.

 

That's a sweet piece!!

 

Great looking Medal! I love the bull on the reverse and the angel, not sure what it signifies but it's a beauty! btw, what year?

 

MDCCCLXI - 1861

 

I like the bull on the reverse. Looks high relief/raised. TC

 

Nice medal !

 

It's HUGE. 60mm diameter. I haven't weighed it yet, I'll do that tomorrow.

As noted above, it was made in 1861 to commemorate a Belgian Art Festival. Obverse has the Welcoming Angel. Reverse has the "Bull Harvest." I have no idea who WT Jonsten is. "Gathers" is a reference to "harvest" I suppose. The festival was in Antwerp as noted by @expat . I sure do need to learn more about why this was created, how many given out, etc.

What I do know is that it was engraved by Leopold Wiener, who is famous for his Architectural medals.

Z

 

Should weigh 88.02g more or less

 

Does the medal have any information stamped on the edge? It might say "BRONZE" and it may have a mintmark (called a Different) beside it. Many of the Belgian medals were struck at the Paris Mint because Belgium was just too small a country to be able to afford their own facility.

It is very unlikely that you will find any information about the quantity minted. Even the Paris Mint kept very few records for medals. Leopold Wiener was no different than hundreds of other medalists whose primary source of income came from designing coins, medals, jetons and tokens. They didn't need a reason to produce a design other than to sell their services.

 

Very cool Medal but I gotta ask this question as I've never come across it before. Is that a bird on the angel's head?

 

That's what I'm seeing as well.

Z

 

That's one of the first things I looked for. Edge is smooth all the way around. No inscriptions.

Z

 

Very nice, my guess is the bird signifies the angel as being a spiritual angel as opposed to being religious angel!

 

I will try to get a glancing photo taken to show the depth of this piece. I'm guessing that it's about 8mm thick.

Z

 

I have one of Wiener's medals that is 60mm struck in copper. It is 6mm thick and weighs 3.55ozs/100.6gms.