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1831, Poland/Belgium. Bronze "November Uprising/Polish Revolution" Medal. XF-

Mint Year: 1831 Medallist: Barre Mint Place: Brussels Reference: H-Cz. 3831. Condition: Light edge hits at 3 o'clock (obverse), minor marks, otherwise a nice XF+ Denomination: Medal - November Uprising / Polish Revolution of 1831 - issued by the Brussels Committee in Belgium against the Russian Imperial rule. Weight: 62.54gm Material: Bronze Diameter: 51mm

Obverse: Togate and crowned personification of Poland (left) as a wounded and tired female with the sword in one hand supported by a "sister" figure (Belgium). Legend: TU . NE MOURRAS . PAS ("You will not perish!") / . BARRE . FECIT Exergue: M . DCC . XXXI

Reverse: A halo of stars above inscription in three lines ("To heroic Poland!") above olive- and palm- sprays in saltire. Belgion lion below.

Belgium was one of the few European countries helping Poland during its fight against Russian Empire. The November Uprising (1831 Polish Revolution) against the Russian rule was crashed by the Russian army with many thousands of Poles killed in the fighting; Poland did not see itself as an independent country again until 1918.

Authenticity unconditionally guaranteeed.

The November Uprising (1830–31), Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon joined by large segments of Polish society, and the insurrection spread to the territories of Lithuania, Western Belarus, and the right-bank of Ukraine. Despite some local successes, the uprising was eventually crushed by a numerically superior Imperial Russian Army under Ivan Paskevich.