Medal

Godefroid Devreese

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal by Godefroid Devreese. The medal has two sides. The left side shows two human profiles facing right. The male profile is closest to the right and the female profile is on the left, partially obscured. The man has short hair and a military uniform. The woman has a crown on her head. The text at the top reads, from right to left, "FELISABET" and "ALBERT". The bottom left reads "ROI" and "REINE". The right side shows three human figures. The central figure is a muscular, topless man. The figure on the left is a woman with a cloth wrapped around her body. The figure on the right is a woman holding a child. The text at the top and bottom reads, from right to left, "BELGIQUE", "GRATITUDE", "GENEROSITE", and "AMERIQUE".