E-auction 618-604373 - fme_998710 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, 50e anniversaire de l’exposition de Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 12 € |
| Price : | 4 € |
| Maximum bid : | 7 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 February 2025 20:39:20 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, 50e anniversaire de l’exposition de Bruxelles
Date: 1880
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,2 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures, sur les deux faces et la tranche. Présence de tâches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD I. 1830. LOEPOLD II. 1880.
Obverse description : Têtes de Leopold I et II à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUVENIR DE L’EXPOSITION // DE / BRUXELLES / 50E ANNIVERSAIRE / 1830 1880 / FETES CONCOURS / & FESTIVALS / HONNEUR / AUX SOCIETES / & VISITEURS.
Reverse description : Légende en 10 lignes.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 23 mm.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II
(10/12/1865-17/12/1909)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the aims of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic and industrial development of Belgium, which also became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him. in 1909. He bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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