Joseph-Pierre Braemt

Joseph-Pierre Braemt was a Belgian medalist and coin designer.

Biography

After training at the academies of Ghent and then Brussels, Joseph-Pierre Braemt perfected his craft in Paris with the engraver André Galle and Baron François Joseph Bosio, a renowned sculptor of the time.
He was appointed general engraver of the Hôtel des Monnaies in Brussels and produced the first Belgian coins.
He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

Works

His work includes the following:

1826 : medal commemorating the completion of the digging of a canal between the Haine and the Escaut, under the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
1830 : medal of recognition to the Garde civique, under the Provisional Government of Belgium,
Starting in 1832 :
*silver franc coins with the portrait of King Leopold I,
*copper pennies with the Belgian lion and the national motto, in French, "l'union fait la force".

Legacy

A street in the municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, where he owned a large property called "Campagne de M. Braemt", on which the street was partly drawn, bears his name.