Modern Belgian plaque - Wireless Telegraphy – HCR164344

Obverse

Inscription:

Eug. Jean De Bremaecker

Design:

female figure, wearing sheer drapery, seated right atop telegraph lines and raising both hands to head—one to hear and one to shout; rising sun and smokestacks on the horizon at a distance; signature of the artist

Reverse

Inscription:

A LA GLOIRE / DE LA TELEGRAPHIE SANS FIL / A SES GENIES / CLERK MAXWELL / HERTZ / BRANLY / POPOFF / SIR OLIVER LODGE / MARCONI / BRAUN / A SES HEROS / JACK BINNS / SS. REPUBLIC - 1908 / ECCLES / + SS. OHIO - 1908 / PHILIPS / + SS. TITANIC - 1912 / HAROLD BRIDE / SS. TITANIC - / LA SOCIETE DES AMIS / HOLLANDAISE - BELGE DE LA MEDAILLE D'ART / Eug. Jean De Bremaecker

Design:

torch garlanded to palm frond and laurel branches; inscription above and around; signature of the artist

Information

Period

Modern

Kind

plaque

Metal

bronze or copper

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

84.35

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

10/11/1953

Source

M. H. Grant

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1953.

Country of origin

Belgium

Contributors to this coin record

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