fme_927392 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Henri Jauner, graveur
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Type : Médaille, Henri Jauner, graveur
Date: (1889)
Metal : tin
Diameter : 75,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 184,42 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. De l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1889 - HENRI JAUNER G.R DE S. M. I & R. AP.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite, signé : GELOYE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
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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