Live auction - fme_959056 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Plaquette, Société hollandaise-belge des amis de la médaille
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 October 2024 16:22:20 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Plaquette, Société hollandaise-belge des amis de la médaille
Date: 1908
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 65,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WISSAERT Paul (1885-1962)
Weight : 81,28 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches noires d’oxydation. Usure régulière. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Jeune femme penchée au-dessus d’une jeune fille assise à son bureau en train d’écrire. Signé : PAUL WISSAERT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC) / SOCIETE HOLLANDAISE-BELGE / DES AMIS DE LA MEDAILLE / - / 1908.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes sous une lampe à huile. Frise à l’antique à l’exergue.
Commentary
Dimensions : 65,5*46 mm.
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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