fme_1112812 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Commémoration
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Type : Médaille, Commémoration
Date: 1902
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Courtrai
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 57,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 44,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, des rayures dans les champs
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FLEURON) LEOPOLDUS II - KONING DER BELGEN (FLEURON).
Obverse description : Buste de profil à droite, blason couronné sur des branches de laurier à l’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1302 / KORTRYK / 26 OOCST / 1902.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes dans un médaillon à droite de branches de chêne et laurier.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 50 mm.
Diameter without bail: 50 mm
Diameter without bail: 50 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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