E-auction 640-644800 - BELGIAN CONGO Médaille, Ordre royal du lion, Officier
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Type : Médaille, Ordre royal du lion, Officier
Date: n.d.
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 88 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,39 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle médaille dorée à la patine irisée. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : TRAVAIL ET PROGRES.
Obverse description : Lion couronné debout de profil à gauche sur un médaillon à lignes horizontales.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LLS.
Reverse description : Monogramme couronné entouré d’une couronne de palmes.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière ni ruban : 30 mm, avec la couronne : 54 mm
Ruban amarante bordé de rayures bleu, blanche et bleu (largeur : 38,5 mm).
Médaille conservée dans un écrin bleu gaufré du symbole doré d’un lion rampant au-dessus des lettres M. O., avec un intérieur bleu sombre et une soie blanche timbré GUSTAVE WOLFERS Rue de la Madeleine 35, BRUXELLES.
Également appelé Ordre du lion africain, institué le 9 avril 1891 par le Roi Léopold II, Souverain du Congo, cet Ordre a été incorporé en 1908, en tant qu'Ordre Colonial, dans l'ensemble des décorations belges. Cet Ordre visait à récompenser le mérite et les services rendus à la colonie belge ou à son Souverain.
Diameter without bail or ribbon: 30 mm, with crown: 54 mm Amaranth ribbon edged with blue, white and blue stripes (width: 38.5 mm). Medal kept in a blue case embossed with the golden symbol of a rampant lion above the letters MO, with a dark blue interior and white silk stamped GUSTAVE WOLFERS Rue de la Madeleine 35, BRUSSELS. Also called the Order of the African Lion, instituted on April 9, 1891 by King Leopold II, Sovereign of the Congo, this Order was incorporated in 1908, as a Colonial Order, into the set of Belgian decorations. This Order aimed to reward merit and services rendered to the Belgian colony or its Sovereign
Ruban amarante bordé de rayures bleu, blanche et bleu (largeur : 38,5 mm).
Médaille conservée dans un écrin bleu gaufré du symbole doré d’un lion rampant au-dessus des lettres M. O., avec un intérieur bleu sombre et une soie blanche timbré GUSTAVE WOLFERS Rue de la Madeleine 35, BRUXELLES.
Également appelé Ordre du lion africain, institué le 9 avril 1891 par le Roi Léopold II, Souverain du Congo, cet Ordre a été incorporé en 1908, en tant qu'Ordre Colonial, dans l'ensemble des décorations belges. Cet Ordre visait à récompenser le mérite et les services rendus à la colonie belge ou à son Souverain.
Diameter without bail or ribbon: 30 mm, with crown: 54 mm Amaranth ribbon edged with blue, white and blue stripes (width: 38.5 mm). Medal kept in a blue case embossed with the golden symbol of a rampant lion above the letters MO, with a dark blue interior and white silk stamped GUSTAVE WOLFERS Rue de la Madeleine 35, BRUSSELS. Also called the Order of the African Lion, instituted on April 9, 1891 by King Leopold II, Sovereign of the Congo, this Order was incorporated in 1908, as a Colonial Order, into the set of Belgian decorations. This Order aimed to reward merit and services rendered to the Belgian colony or its Sovereign
Historical background
BELGIAN CONGO
(1908-1960)
Leopold II succeeded his father, Leopold I, to the Belgian throne in 1865. In 1876 Leopold II organized an international association for the development of Central Africa. Three years later, under his patronage, Stanley competed with the French explorer Brazza to acquire rights to the Congo region.. The occupation is mainly pushed towards the southern valley of the Nile. Leopold also wanted to establish a railway network along the Congo River and its tributaries, to create the sources of income essential to the self-financing of the company and the self-management of the conquered territory.. At the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, representatives of 14 European countries and the United States recognized Leopold's sovereignty over the Congo Free State, which he exercised until 1908. Thanks to the resources of this colony, in particular the rubber crops, the king grew considerably richer and many buildings or monuments in Brussels were built.. Following an international campaign led by the British to denounce the brutal and inhuman treatment of the local populations by the colonials, the position of the king becomes untenable and he is forced in spite of himself to cede the sovereignty of the Congo to the Belgian nation.. The Belgian government renames the territory "Belgian Congo". He became independent in 1960.
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