fme_998717 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition nationale des arts industriels
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Type : Médaille, Exposition nationale des arts industriels
Date: 1874
Mint name / Town : Belgique
Metal : gilt brass
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver FISCH Antoine (1827-1892)
Weight : 10,8 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, manipulation, rayures et quelques coups. Présence de tâches d’oxydation et quelques restes de brillant de frappe dans les champs
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXPOSITION DES - ARTS INDUSTRIELS.
Obverse description : Vue sur la porte principale du palais du Cinquantenaire. Signé : A. FISCH.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) * EXPOSITION NATIONALE DES ARTS INDUSTRIELS * (FLEUR) * 1874 * .
Reverse description : Légende circulaire autour des armoiries de la Belgique.
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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