fme_716038 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Plaquette, De Algemeene Centrale
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Type : Plaquette, De Algemeene Centrale
Date: 1946
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 73,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 113,77 g.
Edge : lisse + FISCH & CIE
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, quelques légères marques d’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1894 - 1946.
Obverse description : Homme nu, écrasant un dragon, tenant deux colonnes. Bâtiments et maisons autour à l’arrière plan. Signé : E. WYNAMP.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DE ALGEMEENE / CENTRALE / BH - CV / AAN HAAR / JUBILEEREND LID.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes, écusson au centre timbré d’un compas dans une équerre.
Commentary
Dimensions : 73,50*51 mm.
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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