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Seller: artistic.medal ✉️ (4,941) 100%, Location: Strasbourg, FR, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 176306632363 Medal Rooster Belgian Adolphe Max Brussels Hero Test D'Author Devreese. 281--tir89 *******Ar Bronze medal, Belgium. Minted around 1914. Minimal traces of handling, beautiful old patina, small shock on the edge. Author's proof (that it was struck by the medalist then given to G Devreese out of trade), mention marked on the tench of the medal. Artist / Graartist / sculptor : Godefroid DEVREESE (1861-1941) . Dimension : 64mm. Weight : 97 g. Metal : bronze. Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : "author's proof". Quick and neat delivery. The support is not for sale. Stand is not for sale. Adolphe Max, born in Brussels on December 30, 1869 and died on November 6, 1939, is a Belgian liberal politician. He was mayor of Brussels from 1909 until his death and a member of the Belgian parliament. He enlarged the city's territory by connecting neighboring territories, supported the construction of the Palace of Fine Arts and the Universal Exhibition of 1935. But he is especially popular for his resistance to the German occupiers during the First World War. Biography Youth and training Adolphe Eugène Jean Henri Max was born on December 30, 1869 in Brussels, at 7 rue des Ursulines1. His father was the doctor Henri Eugène Max (1842-1903), assigned pediatrician to the children of the future King Albert, and his mother Ernestine Laure Wetrens (1844-1904)1,2. He has a younger brother, Georges Max (1868-1955)3. Around 1873-1879, the family moved to 59 rue Joseph II. Adolphe Max lived there until his death1. Adolphe Max completed his secondary studies at the Athénée royal in Brussels and then at that of Ixelles. He then studied at the Free University of Brussels where he obtained a doctorate in law in 1891. He did his legal internship at Louis Huysmans and registered with the Brussels Bar1,4. Beginnings in politics Like his family, Adolphe Max showed an interest in liberalism at a very young age. At the age of 16, he founded with Raoul Warocqué, the Young Guard of the Modern Liberal League of which he was also the secretary1. He was then secretary of the Liberal League and collaborated on two weeklies Le Petit Bleu du matin and La Liberté, of which he became editor-in-chief1,5. Adolphe Max was a member of the Provincial Council of Brabant from 1896 to 19114. On January 18, 1898, Adolphe Max was appointed auditor of the Superior Council of Congo, then advisor in 1903 and vice-president in 19194. Mayor of Brussels On October 16, 1903, Adolphe Max became municipal councilor of Brussels and, on January 2, 1908, city alderman, responsible for social affairs, then public education and fine arts1. On December 6, 1909, he was appointed mayor of Brussels by King Leopold II, who died a few days later, on December 17, 1909. Adolphe Max succeeds Émile De Mot as mayor. During the first part of his mandate, he focused on restoring the city's finances, which he managed to do in a single year2,6. One of his first tasks as mayor was the inauguration of the Universal Exhibition of 1910, organized on the initiative of Émile De Mot7. First World War On August 19, 1914, on the eve of the entry of German troops into Brussels, Adolphe Max made his commitment known: “As long as I am alive and at liberty, I will protect with all my strength the rights and dignity of my fellow citizens. ". After receiving a threatening message from General von Bülow, he ordered the trenches dug in the first days of the war to be filled in, had the civic guard withdrawn and the trenches demolished. understand to the occupier that Brussels is not a military bastion and that it is not necessary to destroy it. On August 20, 1914, surrounded by his aldermen, he received the Germans of the IVth Army Corps, in front of the Baudouin barracks, Place Dailly, as they entered the capital11. Adolphe Max, however, resisted the demands of the occupier while striving to avoid clashes between the German troops and the already severely tested civilian population, whom he also asked not to resist9. From the beginning of September 1914, he organized with Ernest Solvay, a Central Relief and Food Committee which became the National Relief and Food Committee, acting at the national level10. The German general staff was staying at the town hall, in the Gothic room converted into a dormitory, Adolphe Max had a bed installed there for himself in order to be able to sit permanently and not abandon the town hall to the occupants8 ,2, he refuses to speak German, to shake hands with General von Jarotsky (“You should understand, Sir, what feelings I am experiencing at the moment. I cannot agree to shake your hand. », maintains the Belgian and Brussels colors on the town hall, where the German flag already flies... He was arrested several times, then released, for acts of rebellion that displeased the occupier2. But above all, it fights against the abusive requisitions of foodstuffs which are starving the people of Brussels. He negotiated a payment in exchange for these requisitions and, as the Germans did not respect this condition, he decided to suspend the payment of war contributions. Following which, General Von Lüttwitz had him arrested on September 26, 19149,11. The crowd welcoming Adolphe Max back from captivity on November 17, 1918 First incarcerated in Namur, he was then detained in Germany, in several places: in the Cologne prison, the Gladtz fort and, for two years, the Berlin military prison. Maurice Lemonnier then Louis Steens replaced him as mayor. He spent the last year in Goslar prison, from where he escaped in November 1918 or was released on November 13, 1918, according to sources, two days after the armistice, and returned to Brussels on November 17, where he receives a triumphant welcome9,11,2. It becomes the symbol of resistance to the occupier. His bravery earned him the title of Minister of State and he was elected to the Royal Academy of Belgium8. Post-war On February 24, 1920, taking advantage of his mandate as a deputy, Adolphe Max tabled a bill aimed at incorporating all of its suburbs into the municipality of Brussels: the municipalities of Anderlecht, Berchem, Etterbeek, Evere, Ganshoren, Ixelles, Jette, Koekelberg, Laeken, Molenbeek, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek, Uccle and Watermael-Boitsfort. The said municipalities were not even consulted and their resistance to the project was treated with a certain casualness by Adolphe Max who did not send a representative to the discussions. Finally a new law was adopted on Mars 30, 1921 which linked the municipalities of Haren, Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the territory of Brussels. Small parts of the municipalities of Schaerbeek and Molenbeek are also attached to Brussels, to the great dismay of the populations concerned. Adolphe Max is the first mayor of this new City of Brussels12,13. In 1922, Adolphe Max invited the population of Brussels to come to the aid of the Russian population in the grip of famine for which he blamed Lenin and the Bolshevik government14. “I urge all my fellow citizens to collaborate with their donation in this manifestation of charity intended to save the lives of many hungry children whose mothers, over there, are dying of despair and exhaustion. »14. Adolphe Max supports the construction of the Palais des Beaux-Arts. After a refusal by the government of the first project proposed by Victor Horta, he created with Henri Boeuf the "Palais des Beaux-arts company" which was responsible for managing the project, the city of Brussels providing the land and the Belgian state guaranteeing loans8. Adolphe Max was also responsible for organizing the Universal Exhibition at Heysel in 1935, on the theme “Transport and colonization. Some buildings built for the exhibition, the “Centennial Palaces”, are still used for fairs and exhibitions15,16. Adolphe Max opposes the construction of the railway line, commonly called the North-South Junction, which crosses the city, destroying entire neighborhoods. Opposition to the project was overcome and the line inaugurated in 19526. Adolphe Max, also opposes the linguistic law of 1932 which he considers to encroach on municipal competences and violate the rights of individuals, he supports the bilingualism (French and Dutch) of Brussels and announces his intention to fight against "Flemishization »     November 21, 1918: elevated to the dignity of Minister of State by King Albert I11     1918: member of the Council of the Brussels Appellate Bar4     1919:         member of the Fine Arts class of the Royal Academy of Belgium, elected by acclamation4         citizen of Paris         bourgeois of Edinburgh21         honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen21         honorary president of the Board of Directors of the Free University of Brussels17         Grand officer of the order of Leopold, with gold border, with citation on the agenda of the Nation22     1922:         government ambassador to the celebrations of the Centenary of Brazilian Independence4;         Grand Cordon of the Royal Victorian Order (England) 23.     1932: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold     1934: ambassador on special mission to notify the accession of King Leopold III to the President of the Republic of Poland4,21     1935: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor awarded by the French Ambassador, Paul Claudel     Street sign at Place Adolphe-Max in Paris     Street sign at Place Adolphe-Max in Paris Bibliography     Robert Catteau, Notice on the life and works of Adolphe Max, Free University of Brussels, Report on the academic year 1945-1946.     Claire Bernard, Adolphe Max, in: National biography of Belgium, Volume XXX, Brussels, 1958     Paul Van Molle, The Belgian Parliament, 1894-1972, Antwerp, 1972     Paul Max (author), Benoît Majerus, Sven Soupart (eds.): , Brussels, 2006, Archives of the City of Brussels.     Paul Hymans, Homage to Adolphe Max, Extract from the Revue Le Flambeau, November 20, 1939 Read online [archive] external links On other Wikimedia projects:     Adolphe Max, on Wikimedia Commons     Authority records  :     VIAF ISNI BnF (data) The German general staff was staying at the town hall, in the Gothic room converted into a dormitory, Adolphe Max had a bed installed there for himself in order to be able to sit permanently and not abandon the town hall to the occupants8 ,2, he refuses to speak German, to shake hands with General von Jarotsky (“You should understand, Sir, what feelings I am experiencing at the moment. I cannot agree to shake your hand. », maintains the Belgian and Brussels colors on the town hall, where the German flag already flies... He was arrested several times, then released, for acts of rebellion that displeased the occupier2. But above all, it fights against the abusive requisitions of foodstuffs which are starving the people of Brussels. He negotiated a payment in exchange for these requisitions a
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