fme_791786 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Plaquette, Sportverband Antwerpen
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Type : Plaquette, Sportverband Antwerpen
Date: 1947
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 93 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 171,44 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, des frottements à l’avers et au revers. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : SPORTVERBAND ANTWERPEN’S HANDEL / VERDIENSTELIJK AANGEBODEN / AAN / F. ROBBE / ALS VAETBALLER / 1926-1947.
Obverse description : Légende en 6 lignes sous un caducée timbré des initiales L. S. C. A. / S. A. H..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Dimensions : 93*64 mm.
La médaille est conservée dans un écrin rouge et décernée à F. Robbe, footballeur.
La médaille est conservée dans un écrin rouge et décernée à F. Robbe, footballeur.
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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