Live auction - fme_935896 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Jules Bara, Chambre belge des représentants
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Jules Bara, Chambre belge des représentants
Date: 1871
Metal : copper
Diameter : 59,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WIENER Charles (1832-1888)
Weight : 92,85 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron un peu sombre, présentant quelques pointes d’oxydation et traces de manipulation. Restes légers du brillant de frappe. Petits coups sur les bords de la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : JULES - BARA..
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à droite, signé : CH. WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CHAMBRE DES REPRESENTANTS / SEANCE DES / 22 & 23 9.BRE 1871 // CONSTITUTION / BELGE.
Reverse description : Lion couché de profil à droite, la tête tournée vers la gauche. Tables de la Constitution à l’arrière plan.
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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