fme_744843 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Institut colonial international
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Type : Médaille, Institut colonial international
Date: 1907
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 49,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver SZIRMAÏ Tony (1871-1938)
Weight : 53,31 g.
Edge : lisse + triangle BRONZE
Puncheon : Triangle BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire ayant été nettoyé, notamment à l’avers. Petite usure. Taches noires
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD. II. ROI - DES. BELGES.
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche, au dessus d’un globe terrestre, Hermes soufflant dans une trompe. Signé : SZIRMAI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSTITUT COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL / BRUXELLES / JUIN / 1907 // JEAN BRUNHES.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes dans un médaillon entouré de branches de chêne et laurier mêlés. Cartouche gravé à l’exergue.
Commentary
Exemplaire décerné à Jean Brunhes.
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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