fme_871550 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Festival international de chant, harmonie et fanfare
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Type : Médaille, Festival international de chant, harmonie et fanfare
Date: 1885
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Anvers
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 70 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 147,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Trou percé sur la tranche et à 12 heures. Médaille nettoyée, présentant des coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Blason de ville, tenu par un couple habillé d’une guirlande de feuillages tenant chacun un gourdin, sommé d’une couronne. Signé : N. VERMEIREN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INTERNATIONAAL FESTIVAL - 1885. ANTWERPEN. 1885 / VAN SAMENZANG FANFAREN HARMONIE EN SYMPHONIE.
Reverse description : Vue sur un des bâtiments du festival.
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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