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Live auction - fme_1159600 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Défense de l’Yser et martyr d’Ypres

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Défense de l’Yser et martyr d’Ypres AU
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Type : Médaille, Défense de l’Yser et martyr d’Ypres
Date: (1922)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 70 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver SAMUEL Charles (1862-1938/39)
Weight : 118,08 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée. Traces de nettoyage. Présence de coups et rayures

Obverse


Obverse legend : YPRES - MCMXVIII.
Obverse description : Soldat au milieu des ruines de Ypres, signature monogramme MA.

Reverse


Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : YSER / MCMXIV.
Reverse description : Allégorie masculine nue, tenant une amphore s’écoulant dans le cal, accosté de deux soldats en tenue à moitiés cachés par les joncs. Signé : CH. SAMUEL.

Historical background


BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I

(17/12/1909-17/12/1934)

Albert I (8/04/1875-17/02/1934) succeeded his uncle Leopold II in 1909. He had married Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1900 (1876-1965). During the First World War, he commanded the Belgian army and shared the fate of the soldiers, which earned him the title of "knight king". The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 gave him the territories of Eupen and Malmédy. He died in a climbing accident in Marche-les-Dames. His son Leopold III succeeded him.

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