fme_871545 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Plaquette, A mes amis par Godefroid Devreese
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Type : Plaquette, A mes amis par Godefroid Devreese
Date: 1921
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 77 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DEVREESE Godefroid (1861- 1941)
Weight : 140,29 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille astiquée, présentant plusieurs coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. De l’usure sur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : A MES AMIS.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : G. DEVREESE 1921.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (SIGNATURE DE GODEFROID DEVREESE).
Commentary
Dimensions : 77*55 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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