fme_1112806 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Comité central de secours aux blessés
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Type : Médaille, Comité central de secours aux blessés
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,73 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille anciennement nettoyée, présentant de l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Musée CarnavaletND11933
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche, signé : WURDEN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMITE CENTRAL DE SECOURS AUX BLESSES - 1870 / BRUXELLES.
Reverse description : Croix belge.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 23,5 mm.
Diameter without bail: 23.5 mm
Diameter without bail: 23.5 mm
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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