Foreign Postal Services Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Dutch Silver postal medal. The badge reads 1899-1909 16 MEI (May 16) on its front and BESTUURS PRIJS DE POST (board of postal pricing) on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/2" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare WWI Belgian Postal Worker Service Medal in Unmarked Silver. The front shows the profile of a woman and reads PAX (peace); the reverse reads: LES POSTIERS NON-SIGNATAIRES FIDELES A LEUR SERMENT 1914-1918 (The non-signatory postal...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-World War I uniform button for the Belgian Ministry of Railway, Post and Telegraph (CHEMINS DE FER POSTES-TELEGRAPHES). A lion is at the center of the button along with the motto "L'Union Fait la Force". VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified postal-related French belt buckle of unknown vintage. The buckle is a pair of two discs bearing post horns that join in the middle by a two-headed serpent. There is a maker's mark on the reverse of the serpent. C'est un...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge of unknown vintage. It is a large disc reading DROITS D'ENTRÉE ET SORTIE (rights of entry and exit). C'est un insigne inconnu postal français du millésime inconnu. Il est un grand disque qui lit...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Belgian postal medal by A. (Auguste) De Wever, a Dutch artist in metal who lived from 1836-1910. The badge reads BRUXELLES KERMESSES (Brussels fairs) on one side and A LA STE L'UNION POSTALE 27 MAI 1397. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified 2nd Empire Period French postal badge for the "Bureaux Ambulants" (Mobile / Wagon / Train Offices). The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the Passage du Saumon (Passage of the Salmon) in Paris. C'est...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge for the Lille Service from the Restoration period. Ceci est un badge d'postal français non identifiés pour le Service de Lille datant de la période de la Restauration. VINTAGE: Circa 1814-1830...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge for a carrier in a horse-drawn mail coach of the Charente Relay Number The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the "Passage of the Salmon" in Paris. The badge reads...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French Factor City Post Office badge by Alexis Godillot. Ceci est un badge non identifiés pour l'Administration des Postes Facteur de Ville faite par Alexis Godillot. VINTAGE: Circa 1848-1852(?). SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1898 unidentified postal badge from the town of Verviers, a French-speaking Walloon city in the Belgian province of Liège. The badge has a maker's mark (FW) and reads AIDE MUTUELLE DES FACTEURS DE POSTES DE VERVIERS INAUGURATION DU...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified postal badge from the town of Mons, a French-speaking Walloon city in southern Belgium. The badge is a decorative medallion with a Brussels maker's mark (A. FONSON). The badge reads UNION POSTALE D'ARRONDISSEMENT DE MONS...