fme_763326 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille, Prince Albert, Exposition internationale des arts et industrie
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Type : Médaille, Prince Albert, Exposition internationale des arts et industrie
Date: 1874
Mint name / Town : UK, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 51,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MORGAN G. - BOEHM
Weight : 77 g.
Edge : gravée : CHARLES EMILE MATTHIS. CATALOGUE N°2364
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron. Quelques traces de manipulation. Très légère usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES PRESIDENT.
Obverse description : Tête barbue du prince Albert à gauche, signé sur le tranché du cou : BOEHM et à l’exergue : G. MORGAN S.C.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LONDON ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ALL FINE ARTS INDUSTRIES AND INVENTIONS // MDCCCLXXIV.
Reverse description : Vue sur divers monuments de l’exposition internationale de Londres.
Commentary
Cette médaille est conservée dans son écrin d’origine bordeaux sombre à feutrine violette et soie blanche timbrée GEORGE MORGAN / LONDON / 144 FINBORO R.D. Elle a été décernée à Charles Emile Matthis.
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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