E-auction 620-607411 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Fête du quartier N. D. aux neiges, Prix d’illumination
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Type : Médaille, Fête du quartier N. D. aux neiges, Prix d’illumination
Date: 1895
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 69 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GEERTS Edouard (1846-1887)
Weight : 48,57 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée. Traces d’oxydation, patine irisé, taches de différentes couleurs
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, signé : ED. GEERTS. F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) FETE DU QUARTIER N. D. AUX NEIGES. // PRIX / D’ILLUMINATION / 1895.
Reverse description : Légende en 3 lignes dans un médaillon entouré d’une couronne de laurier et chêne.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 60 mm.
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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