fme_864976 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille du Crystal Palace
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Type : Médaille du Crystal Palace
Date: 1851
Mint name / Town : UK, Londres
Metal : brass
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Obverse
Obverse legend : THE CRYSTAL PALACE // À L’EXERGUE : FOR THE GREAT / EXHIBITION / IN LONDON OF / 1851.
Obverse description : Vue du crystal palace.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIMENSIONS / LENGTH 1848 FEET, / WIDTH 456 FEET, / HEIGHT OF ROOF 66 FEET, / HEIGHT OF TRANSEPT / 108 FEET, / GLAZED SURFACE / 900.000 SUP FEET, / OCCUPIES 18 ACRES.
Reverse description : Légende en 9 lignes.
Commentary
Le prince Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha), né le 26 août 1819 au château de Rosenau près de Cobourg et mort le 14 décembre 1861 au château de Windsor, est le mari de la reine Victoria. Il est créé prince consort par son épouse, en 1857..
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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