fme_1116113 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Amélioration de la race chevaline
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Type : Médaille, Amélioration de la race chevaline
Date: 1876
Metal : silver
Diameter : 55 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HART P.
Weight : 31,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant des traces de frottement. Coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II KONING - DER BELGEN.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche, signé : P. HART.
Reverse
Reverse legend : *VERBETERING VAN HET PAERDENRAS* - WEST-VLAENDEREN // * / 1876 / *.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire, millésime au centre. Couronne composite végétale avec épis de blé et divers fruits.
Reverse translation : Amélioration de la race chevaline.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 46 mm.
Diameter without bail: 46 mm
Diameter without bail: 46 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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