Live auction - fme_897524 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Inauguration du système de chemin de fer
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 77 € |
| Maximum bid : | 77 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 February 2024 18:46:27 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Inauguration du système de chemin de fer
Date: 1885
Metal : copper
Diameter : 49,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BRAEMT Joseph-Pierre (1796-1864)
Weight : 56,01 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, présentant de l’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD PREMIER - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et décoré de profil à gauche, signé : GRAEMT F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HAINAUT / BRUXELLES / GAND / BRUGES / MALINE / LIEGE / // À L’EXERGUE : SYSTEME DE CHEMIN DE FER / LOI DU 1.ER MAI 1884 / - / INAUGURATION 5 MAI 1885.
Reverse description : Allégorie féminine assise, drapée à l’antique et couronnée, tenant une corne d’abondance d’une main et une carte de la Belgique de l’autre main. Vue sur une locomotive à l’arrière plan. Signé : BRAEMT F..
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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