Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Resignation of Baron de Stassart

Engraver:
Laurent Joseph de Hart
Year:
1839
Country:
Belgium
Diameter:
50 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Goswin Joseph Augustin, Baron de Stassart facing left.
GN. JH. AN. BARON DE STASSART
HART. F.
Reverse:
At the top, three wreaths intertwined with ribbons streaming off of them.
LES LIBÉRAUX BELGES AU BARON DE STASSART, ÉLU SÉNATEUR PAR LES ARRONDISSEMENS (sic. ARRONDISSEMENTS) DE BRUXELLES NAMUR ET NIVELLES LE 11 JUIN 1839; DESTITUÉ, LE 17, DES FONCTIONS DE GOUVERNEUR DU BRABANT PAR LE MINISTÉRE DE THEUX, EN HAINE DE CETTE TRIPLE ÉLECTION *
References:
American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archaeological Societies. Quarterly. Vol. XI July, 1876 - July, 1877, p. 32

Goswin Joseph Augustin, Baron de Stassart (2 September 1780 – 16 October 1854) was a Dutch-Belgian politician. In 1834 he was appointed by the government as the governor of Brabant. However, in 1838 he had to resign both.