Argentina Historical medal 1812 (1903) Commemoration of General Manuel Belgrano and the Argentine Flag – Rosario EF

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Commemoration of General Manuel Belgrano and the Argentine Flag – Rosario, 1898

Obverse: Uniformed bust of General Manuel Belgrano facing forward. Around, the inscription: “LA MUNICIPALIDAD DEL ROSARIO * AL GENERAL MANUEL BELGRANO 1898 *”. Below truncation: artist signature.

Reverse: Military parade scene: a mounted officer raises the Argentine flag under radiant sunrays, with rows of soldiers in formation. In the foreground, two figures in a boat on the river. Around, the inscription: “LA BANDERA ARGENTINA – SU CUNA: EL ROSARIO – 1812.”
(Translation: “The Argentine Flag – Its cradle: Rosario – 1812.”)

General Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820) was one of the foremost leaders of Argentina’s independence movement. In 1812, during the struggle against Spanish rule, he introduced the blue and white flag that would later become the national emblem of Argentina. The flag was first raised in the city of Rosario, on the banks of the Paraná River, an event regarded as the “birth” of the Argentine flag. This 1898 medal, issued by the Municipality of Rosario, commemorates both Belgrano’s pivotal role and the city’s symbolic place as the cradle of the national flag.

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