Medal - Expo 58, Brussels, large format

Beautiful bronze medal commemorating the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels in ’58 at the Cinquantenaire.

Bronze piece of 8 cm in diameter in very good condition. Weight: 20.3 g. Rare.

Obverse: Art Deco Allegory.
The face of a woman facing forward, holding an ear of wheat in her right hand and showing with her left hand the symbol of the exhibition, a five-pointed star and a circle symbolizing the earth on her right.
Registration: BRUSSELS – BRUSSEL
UNIVERSAL & INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
ALGEMENE WERELDTENTOONSTELLING

Reverse: Two naked men walking on a planet holding hands. In the background, the Milky Way, the moon, a crested arc of a circle, and clouds.

Engraver: Marcel RAU

Smooth slice