E-auction 553-485205 - fme_522570 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, 50e anniversaire de l’indépendance nationale
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 26 € |
| Maximum bid : | 45 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 November 2023 19:55:40 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Médaille, 50e anniversaire de l’indépendance nationale
Date: 1880
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : tin
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 30,11 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec du brillant encore visible au revers. Présence de coups sur le rebord et des rayures dans les champs
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD I.ER ET LEOPOLD II ROIS DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Têtes accolées à gauche de Léopold Ier et Léopold II, signé : HART BRUX.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 50E ANNIVERSAIRE DE L’INDÉPENDANCE NATIONALE (FLEUR) // 1830-1880.
Reverse description : Millésimes dans le champ.
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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