E-auction 625-616835 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, 150e anniversaire de l’Académie belge des Sciences, Belles lettres et Arts
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Type : Médaille, 150e anniversaire de l’Académie belge des Sciences, Belles lettres et Arts
Date: 1922
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 72,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ROUSSEAU Victor
Weight : 108,55 g.
Edge : lisse + J. FONSON
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant de l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : ALBERTO I REGNANTE / ACADEMIA SCIENT. LITT. ET ART / BELGICA CENTESIMUM QUINQUACESIMUM / NATALEM SUUM CELEBRAT ANNO MCMXXII.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et drapé, de profil à droite, d’Albert Ier, sur un podium avec des branches de laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROSIT PATRIAE / LABOR PROSIT / ET HUMANO / GENERI.
Reverse description : Allégories féminines antiques, portant diverses offrandes et montant les marches, en direction d’un temple. Soleil levant au fond à droite. Signé : VICTOR ROUSSEAU.
Commentary
Dimensions : 72,5*50,5 mm.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I
(17/12/1909-17/12/1934)
Albert I (8/04/1875-17/02/1934) succeeded his uncle Leopold II in 1909. He had married Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1900 (1876-1965). During the First World War, he commanded the Belgian army and shared the fate of the soldiers, which earned him the title of "knight king". The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 gave him the territories of Eupen and Malmédy. He died in a climbing accident in Marche-les-Dames. His son Leopold III succeeded him.
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