Prize medal, University of Brussels

Awarded to Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Obverse: St Michael stands triumphantly on the defeated Satan holding a sword in his right hand and a torch above his head in his left, rays descend from it. Legend: "VNIVERSITATIS BRVXELLENSIS.SCIENTIA.VINCERE.TENEBRAS". Reverse, legend: "UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES. FONDEE LE 20 NOVEMBRE 1834". Inscription: "HOMMAGE A SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES". In box of issue.

Object Details

ID: MED2136
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal, University of Brussels
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Devreese, Godefroid
People: Jones, Harold Spencer; University of Brussels
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 65 mm
Parts: Prize medal, University of Brussels
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