Bronze, 65.7mm, 97.92 grams. By Godefroid Devreese. ADOLPHE MAX BOURGMESTRE DE BRUXELLES His bust facing, G. DEVREESE. in field to left, 1914 to right. Rv. LES VERTUS CIVILS · JUSTICE · VIGILANCE · CHARITE · Cockerel standing right holding scales. G. DEVREESE. in field to right. High relief, traces of old lacquer, otherwise about EF
Adolphe Eugène Jean Henri Max (30 December 1869 – 6 November 1939) was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels from 1909 until his death.
During the German occupation of Brussels during the First World War, Max refused to cooperate with the occupying German forces. As a result, he was arrested and held in captivity, first at Namur, and then at Glatz (Poland) and Goslar (Germany), until he escaped on 13 November 1918. On his return to Brussels, he was greeted as a hero.
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