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fme_872855 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Grand concours international de distillerie et vins

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Grand concours international de distillerie et vins XF
55.00 €(Approx. 57.75$ | 45.65£)
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Type : Médaille, Grand concours international de distillerie et vins
Date: 1897
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 54,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 52,71 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, de l’usure sur les reliefs. Traces de frottements

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche. Signé : ED. GRIELENS.

Reverse


Reverse legend : *GRAND CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL* - 1897 // DE / DISTILLERIE / ET VINS / BRUXELLES.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 4 lignes dans un médaillon sous un dais couronné.

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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