E-auction 603-574144 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, 50e anniversaire de la fondation de la société des sciences, des arts et des lettres du Hainaut
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Type : Médaille, 50e anniversaire de la fondation de la société des sciences, des arts et des lettres du Hainaut
Date: 1883
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Mons
Metal : copper
Diameter : 36,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver VEYRAT Adrien (1803-1883)
Weight : 15,14 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, légères traces d’usure sur les reliefs, quelques petites taches d’oxydation. Présence de petits coups sur les bords de la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête féminine de profil à droite, coiffée d’un casque à cimier lauré timbré d’un pégase. Chouette à droite. Signé : VEYRAT F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : *SOCIETE DES SCIENCES DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU HAINAUT* - A MONS // 50E ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA FONDATION DE LA SOCIETE * // 1833 / 1883 .
Reverse description : Deux légendes circulaires et en deux lignes dans un médaillon central.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II
(10/12/1865-17/12/1909)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the aims of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic and industrial development of Belgium, which also became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him. in 1909. He bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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