A. Fisch 1874 Medal - Great Details - Is This An Award Medal

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D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 5:38 pm To me the medallic art on this medal is just awesome. One side shows the Belgium greater coat of arms that was adopted in March 1837. It appears that Mr Fisch modified it to his version from what I was able to find and compare with..( 3rd picture is of the Belgium Coat Of Arms to compare with) The other side is what I am not sure what all this represents....There is a black smith with his tools of the trade, I believe the lady is an artist as it appears she is holding an artist board with paint brushes..There is an ewer sitting on top of a pillar...and other objects.. From what I have been able to find oline of award medals is that there is always the description and explanation such as " international exposition " etc explaining what the medal is about..This one by A. Fisch is totally void of that.. Medal is 49mm and weight is 37.2 grams and feels like German white metal. Any ideas or suggestions as to what this is and what the different items mean are appreciated..TIA Edited by D 03/04/2011 5:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff

CheetahCats Pillar of the Community United States 731 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 7:55 pm Looks like a Minerva figure next to the blacksmith to me. That's only a guess. I did a search on Antoine Fisch, b.1827, but came up empty handed for any hits specific to your medal. Edited by CheetahCats 03/04/2011 8:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 9:26 pm Thanks CheetahCats.....I think you are right.. The following description is what I found online. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools and commerce. The only information I have been able to find about A. Fisch is: Belgian Medallic Artist - Antoine Fisch ( 1827 -- 1892 ) As you pointed out there is very little about his work.. Report this Post to the Staff
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colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 01/10/2012 10:50 am Send it to a Europe auction house with thew pics. Report this Post to the Staff
chris07reed New Member 1 Posts	Posted 01/14/2012 4:33 pm Staff Edit - We're here to share, not talk privately and keep secrets. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 09/12/2014 10:31 am I saw only yesterday your 1874 medal of Antoine Fisch . on one side there are the arms of Belgium , represented in 19° century style , with the arms of the 9 Belgian provinces and the maxim : l'union fait la force .He used this side in a lot of medals . On the other side : a lady , an allegory for Art with a painterspalet in her hand shakes hands with a man , a blachsmith as allegory for Industry ,next to him is an anvil and material to work , in the background the product of his work .Fisch used this side alsoo more than once . I couldn t find the destination of this medal . For more work of him : the library of the university of Ghent : http://www.adore.ugent.be ,choise the english version and give the name of Antoine Fisch . There you will find one side in an other version . For a lot more medals :the Penningkabinet in Brussels : http://www.kbr.be ,then the language , french is the easiest I think , then colections , then at left : monnaies et médailles , then médailles belges under the pic of the child , then : chercer dans le catalogue en ligne , then : third line type d'object , you write : médaille and by artiste : Fisch Antoine , if all goes well , you will find 278 medals . I hope this will give you a better vieuw of this artist Albert Report this Post to the Staff
D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 10/19/2014 03:32 am Albert, thanks for taking the time to post and all the information.... regarding this medal. It's been forever since I was on this forum and I forgot about this medal ( which I still have ). Your info has renewed my interest in it and I will follow up... Thanks again.... Report this Post to the Staff
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