E-auction 273-194766 - fme_412642 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille d’hommage et de reconnaissance
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 15 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 July 2018 18:36:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille d’hommage et de reconnaissance
Date: 1934-1944
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 51,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MICHEL V.
Weight : 61 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Superbe médaille, mais avec une surface comme brossé avec d’infimes petites rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD III.
Obverse description : Tête nue à gauche du roi Léopold III.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OEUVRE DES RÉFUGIÉS / 128-140 / RUE VERTE / HOMMAGE / RECONNAISSANCE / SCHAERBEEK 1940 / WERK DER VLUCHTELINGEN / GROENSTRAAT / 128-140 / DANKEBARE HULDE.
Reverse description : Légende en 10 lignes.
Commentary
Intéressante médaille bilingue au revers.
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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