fme_824126 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Cardinal Desiré-Joseph Mercier
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Type : Médaille, Cardinal Desiré-Joseph Mercier
Date: 1914
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 64,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver JOURDAIN Jules (1873-1957)
Weight : 120,11 g.
Edge : lisse + FONSON & CIE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, de l’usure sur certains reliefs. Présence de taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : A S. E. L. E. CARDINAL MERCIER - HOMMAGE NATIONAL.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : J. JOURDAIN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PATRIOTISME. - ENDURANCE..
Reverse description : Homme au sol, tenant la main d’une femme drapée, tenant un drapeau. Millésime à l’exergue. Signé : J. JOURDAIN.
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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