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fme_927531 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition agricole et forestière

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition agricole et forestière XF/AU
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Type : Médaille, Exposition agricole et forestière
Date: 1869
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Namur
Metal : silver
Diameter : 47 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver FISCH Antoine (1827-1892)
Weight : 31,36 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille légèrement dorée à la patine hétérogène et irisée. Présence de quelques coups, notamment sur la tranche

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche, signé : A. FISCH.

Reverse


Reverse legend : SOCIETE AGRICOLE & FORESTIERE - INTERNATIONALE // DE LA / PROVINCE DE / NAMUR / 1869 / EXPOSITION.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 5 lignes dans un médaillon posé sur un cuir entouré de divers objets dont une ruche, des épis de blé, deux cornes d’abondance en sautoir, divers outils agricoles (râteau, arrosoir, fourche, fléau, faux, etc).

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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