Medal commemorating harbour improvements at Brussels. Obverse: Female figure (left) holding a flag, the god Mercury in winged helmet (right) on a quayside, a bollard and anchor and shield in foreground, ship in background. Inscription: 'Bruxelles 1922. Installations Maritimes.' Reverse: A man in armour (left), his right hand resting on a map. On column: '1561'.
The medal celebrates the opening of a Brussels harbour extension in November 1922. The port of Brussels was connected to the sea via the newly modernised Scheldt and Rupel-Brussels Canal (originally opened in 1561).