Live auction - fme_967728 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Willy Coppens, pilote aviateur
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| Starting price : | 60 € |
| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 November 2024 15:57:33 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Willy Coppens, pilote aviateur
Date: (1920)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 56 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BONNETAIN Armand (1883-1973)
Weight : 56,85 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. De l’usure sur les reliefs. Traces de nettoyage. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : WILLY. COPPENS. - PILOTE. AVIATEUR.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche avec la tête de profil. Signé : BONNETAIN / 1920.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIEUTENANT AVIATEUR / - / CHEVALIER / WILLY COPPENS / PILOTE LÉGENDAIRE / DANS / L’ARMÉE BELGE / 36 VICTOIRES AÉRIENNES / DU 25 AVRIL / AU / 14 OCTOBRE / 1918.
Reverse description : Légende en 3 lignes, blason couronné lauré, et en 8 lignes.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I
(17/12/1909-17/12/1934)
Albert I (8/04/1875-17/02/1934) succeeded his uncle Leopold II in 1909. He had married Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1900 (1876-1965). During the First World War, he commanded the Belgian army and shared the fate of the soldiers, which earned him the title of "knight king". The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 gave him the territories of Eupen and Malmédy. He died in a climbing accident in Marche-les-Dames. His son Leopold III succeeded him.
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