fme_811682 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Plaquette, Le roi-chevalier
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Type : Plaquette, Le roi-chevalier
Date: 1930
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 74,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DEMANET Victor (1895-1964)
Weight : 194,19 g.
Edge : lisse + J. FONSON
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Petite usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques coups
Obverse
Obverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : LE ROI-CHEVALIER.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et coiffé d’un casque lauré, de profil à gauche, signé : VICTOR DEMANET / 1930.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1914 - 1918 // LA GLORIEVSE EPEE / QVI FLAMBOYA / POVR LA DEFENSE DV SOL PATRIAL / EST DESORMAIS / LEGENDAIRE DANS L’HISTOIRE / AV MEME TITRE / AVE LA JOYEVSE DE CHARLEMAGNE / QVE LA DVRENDAL DE ROLAND.
Reverse description : Légende en 8 lignes sous une poignée d’épée.
Commentary
Dimensions : 74,5*54 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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