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fme_1006459 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Société belge des sauveteurs

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Société belge des sauveteurs AU
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Type : Médaille, Société belge des sauveteurs
Date: n.d.
Metal : gilt metal
Diameter : 73 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,46 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée, présentant de l’usure sur les reliefs. Taches d’oxydation

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse legend : * SOCIETE ROYALE ET CENTRALE DES SUVETEURS BELGES.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire.

Commentary


La décoration appartient à la famille du général François Reboul (1815-1893).
Diamètre sans bélière : 25,5 mm
Ruban rouge avec des une rayure centrale noire bordée de blanc, rayures bleues (largeur du ruban : 29,5 ==.

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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