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Ian Jacob Pieters (1925-2020), a bronze medal, 'The Destroyed City', Netherlands, 1953 - Ian Jacob Pieters (1925-2020), a bronze medal, 'The Destroyed City', Netherlands, 1953 Medal on the occasion of the unveiling of the sculpture 'The destroyed city' by Osip Zadkine in Rotterdam, 1953. Front: the statue against a background of the map of Rotterdam with the year 1953; caption: 'God's plan cannot be fathomed'. Reverse: in the centre a crowing rooster with the symbol of a burning city and six-line poem in three concentric circles. Design J. Pieters. Literature: Von Weiler, 2082. Weight: c. 109.4 grams. Note buyer's commission 20%. Bronze, diam. 7 cm.