fme_904854 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours international de société scientifique européenne
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Type : Médaille, Concours international de société scientifique européenne
Date: n.d.
Metal : gilt copper
Diameter : 70,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 145,12 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille anciennement nettoyée, présentant des coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. Dorure disparue à l’avers
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine assise, laurée, tenant une branche de laurier d’une main et un flambeau de l’autre. Divers symboles et objets autour d’elle, signé : P. DE GREEF. FECIT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ SCIENTIFIQUE EUROPÉENNE - *EXPOSITION*.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire autour d’une couronne de chêne.
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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