BELGIUM ANTWERP 1885 OLD ART NOUVEAU EXPO WORLD´S FAIR CERES WINGED LADY MASSIVE

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BELGIUM - ANTWERP
1885
ANTIQUE GORGEOUS MEDAL
ART NOUVEAU
"EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D´ANVERS"
"ANTWERPSCHE WERELD TENTOONSTELLING"
The Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, also known as Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, was a World's Fair held in Antwerp, Belgium, between May 2 and November 2 in 1885. It covered 54.3 acres (220,000 m2), attracted 3.5 million visits and broke even after spending 4 million Belgian francs. There were 25 official participating nations including: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Kingdom of Romania, the USA and some South American states. Australian woolgrowers sent exhibitions and won prizes.
Taking place 20 years after the accession of Leopold II of Belgium, and the same year of the creation of the Congo Free State the fair was the first in which a Congolese village was displayed, a feature that also appeared in the later 1897 Brussels fair.
*OBVERSE:
CITY OF ANRTERPEN
*REVERSE:
CERES, WINGED LADY, ALLEGORIC SCENE FIGURING & GOD OF ESCAUT RIVER
SIGNED BY THE MEDALLIST & SCULPTOR:
J. ASEELER
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MEASURES: 66 MM DIAMETER
MATERIAL: PEWTER
CONDITION: NICE
WEIGHT: 129.8 GRAMS
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