Live auction - fme_1012938 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Adolphe Max
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Adolphe Max
Date: 1935
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 65,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 99,33 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches noires d’oxydation. Présence de quelques fines rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ADOLPHE MAX.
Obverse description : Buste de face, la tête légèrement tournée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FRAPPE A L’EXPOSITION 1935 // PAR / H. WALRAVENS & CIE / 9 RUE JOSEPH CLAES / BRUXELLES.
Reverse description : Vue sur l’hôtel de ville de Bruxelles et d’autres immeubles entourant la Grand place.
Commentary
Adolphe Max (1869-1939) étudie le droit de l'Université libre de Bruxelles et entre en tant que Bourgmestre de Bruxelles en 1909. Il jouera également un rôle important dans l'édification du Palais des Beaux-arts et dans l'organisation de l'Exposition universelle de 1935, sur le site du Heysel.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III
(17/12/1934-21/9/1944-16/7/1951)
Son of Albert I and grand-nephew of Leopold II, Leopold III became king following the accidental death of his father. In 1936, faced with threats of war, he put an end to the alliance with France and reaffirmed the neutrality of Belgium. In 1940, during the German invasion, he took command of the army but was quickly forced to sign an unconditional surrender. A prisoner of war, he refused any collaboration and ceased all political activity. Taken to Germany then liberated by the Allies, he retired to Switzerland while a regency was entrusted to his brother, Prince Charles (September 21, 1944). Much criticized, he regained the throne in 1950 after a referendum on the resumption of his powers. Welcomed by strikes and demonstrations, he then named Baudoin "royal prince" then abdicated in his favor in July 1951. He died in 1983.
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