Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Death of Auguste Delfosse

Engraver:
Constant Jehotte
Year:
1858
Country:
Belgium
Diameter:
60 mm
Obverse:
Auguste Delfosse, bust facing right.
AUGUSTE DELFOSSE
CONSTANT JEHOTTE F.
Reverse:
Two stones representing the Tables of the Law, side by side in the center of the medal. A wreath (civic crown) hangs above the tombstones. Below the tombstones is a pillar monument with the letters L and G flanking it on either side.
LA LIBERTÉ POUR FAIRE LE TOUR DU MONDE N’A PLUS BESOIN DE PASSER EN BELGIQUE
CH. DES REPR. 1 MARS 1848 (CHAMBRE DES REPRÉSENTANTS)
NÉ A LIÉGE MDCCCI * CONSEILLER-ÉCHEVIN MDCCCXXXIII * DÉPUTÉ PROVINCIAL MDCCCXXXVI *
Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie vol. III, p. 151

Noël Joseph Auguste Delfosse (9 March 1801 – 22 February 1858) was a Belgian lawyer, industrialist and liberal politician. His decisive character and his talent as a convincing speaker, supported his political influence in the years 1848 and 1849, where he mainly tried to secure Belgium from the influences of the French movement. At that time he spoke his famous word become in the chamber: La liberté française pour faire le tour du monde n'a pas besoin de passer par chez nous! From 1853 until 1855 he was the President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.