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fme_1004464 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Plaquette, John Cockerill

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Plaquette, John Cockerill XF
75.00 €(Approx. 85.50$ | 63.75£)
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Type : Plaquette, John Cockerill
Date: 1945
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 83,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver LEMAIRE Georges (1853-1914) / DEVREESE Godefroid (1861- 1941)
Weight : 184,47 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. Socle de la médaille en partie tordue

Obverse


Obverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : JOHN COCKERILL.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche. Signé : LEMAIRE.

Reverse


Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : HOMMAGE A NOS PRISONNIERS / ET DEPORTES 1940-1945.
Reverse description : Homme travaillant dans une usine. Signé : G. DEVREESE.

Commentary


Dimensions : 83,5*68 mm
en excluant la base : 80*52 mm.
Signature de l’éditeur sur la base du socle : J. FONSON
John Cockerill (1790-1840) est un industriel belgo-britannique qui joua un rôle déterminant dans la mécanisation de l'industrie lainière textile européenne.

Historical background


BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III

(17/12/1934-21/9/1944-16/7/1951)

Son of Albert I and grand-nephew of Leopold II, Leopold III became king following the accidental death of his father. In 1936, faced with threats of war, he put an end to the alliance with France and reaffirmed the neutrality of Belgium. In 1940, during the German invasion, he took command of the army but was quickly forced to sign an unconditional surrender. A prisoner of war, he refused any collaboration and ceased all political activity. Taken to Germany then liberated by the Allies, he retired to Switzerland while a regency was entrusted to his brother, Prince Charles (September 21, 1944). Much criticized, he regained the throne in 1950 after a referendum on the resumption of his powers. Welcomed by strikes and demonstrations, he then named Baudoin "royal prince" then abdicated in his favor in July 1951. He died in 1983.

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