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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 489134, member: 5036&quot;]I saw this in my dealer&#039;s tray today and asked him about it.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t know anything other than it was some kind of WWI medal, from belgium.&nbsp; He offered it to me for $10.&nbsp; I usually pass on most exonumia, but something in this just called out and I had to have it, not even knowing anything about it.&nbsp; The first set of pics is with a flash and the second without the flash.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3015.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3020.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3017.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3018.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After about 30 to 40 minutes of digging on the net I found out almost everything one needs to know.&nbsp; It is a Belgian medal, titled &quot;American War Relief to Belgians&quot; from 1914.&nbsp; Designed by Godefroid Devreese, the most prolific medal designer of his time doing 400 to 500+, it features the busts of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth on the obverse, and an allegorical scene of Lady Liberty giving grain to the hungry and reads American Generosity - Belgian Gratitude along with the year 1914.&nbsp; A relief ship is pictured in the background.&nbsp; If anyone has any other information on this piece, please let me know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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