fme_818616 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Plaque, Hommage de la Banque de Bruxelles
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Type : Plaque, Hommage de la Banque de Bruxelles
Date: 1948
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 57,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 256,48 g.
Edge : lisse + HSCHSCL
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, avec des taches d’oxydation. Petite usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : BB.
Obverse description : Vue sur le bâtiment de la Banque de Bruxelles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HOMMAGE DE LA / BANQUE DE BRUXELLES / A MONSIEUR CHARLES ZEYEN / A L’OCCASION DU 40.E ANNIVERSAIRE / DE SON ENTREE EN FONCTIONS / 1908-1948.
Reverse description : Légende en 6 lignes à droite d’un blason tourelé et au dessus de branches de laurier.
Commentary
Dimensions : 57,5*114 mm.
La médaille, conservée dans un écrin un peu défraîchi, a été décernée à Charles Zeyen.
La médaille, conservée dans un écrin un peu défraîchi, a été décernée à Charles Zeyen.
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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