E-auction 473-385174 - fme_738375 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Ordre de la Couronne, Chevalier, miniature
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 10 € |
| Maximum bid : | 11 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 May 2022 18:25:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Ordre de la Couronne, Chevalier, miniature
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,26 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire. Faible usure. Émail complet
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Couronne sur médaillon émaillé bleu et doré.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LL.
Reverse description : Double L entrelacée sur un médaillon émaillé bleu.
Commentary
Dimensions de l’étoile à 5 branches : 14,5 mm
Exemplaire en argent et émail. Cet ordre est notamment attribué en fonction de mérites artistiques, littéraires ou scientifiques, mais aussi pour honorer les faits héroïques et les services exemplaires rendus dans l’État du Congo.
Exemplaire en argent et émail. Cet ordre est notamment attribué en fonction de mérites artistiques, littéraires ou scientifiques, mais aussi pour honorer les faits héroïques et les services exemplaires rendus dans l’État du Congo.
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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