E-auction 596-561358 - fme_929897 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Plaquette, Association des ingénieurs sortis de l’école de Liège
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 8 € |
| Maximum bid : | 8 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 September 2024 21:18:40 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Plaquette, Association des ingénieurs sortis de l’école de Liège
Date: 1908
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Liège
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Présence de traces d’usure, coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : ELECTRICIEN 1908.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine drapée à l’antique enseignant à un travailleur assis, tenant une pioche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ASS DES / INGENIEURS / SORTIS DE / L’ECOLE / DE LIEGE // JEAN DENIS.
Reverse description : Deux allégories féminines dans un décor d’usine.
Commentary
Plaquette avec des dimensions sans bélière de : 29,50x23 mm
Médaille décernée au nom de Jean Denis, électricien.
Médaille décernée au nom de Jean Denis, électricien.
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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