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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 5243370, member: 114169&quot;]It&#039;s HUGE.&nbsp; 60mm diameter.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t weighed it yet, I&#039;ll do that tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As noted above, it was made in 1861 to commemorate a Belgian Art Festival.&nbsp; Obverse has the Welcoming Angel.&nbsp; Reverse has the &quot;Bull Harvest.&quot;&nbsp; I have no idea who WT Jonsten is.&nbsp; &quot;Gathers&quot; is a reference to &quot;harvest&quot; I suppose.&nbsp; The festival was in Antwerp as noted by [USER=111067]@expat[/USER] .&nbsp; I sure do need to learn more about why this was created, how many given out, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What I do know is that it was engraved by Leopold Wiener, who is famous for his Architectural medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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