E-auction 648-660331 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Fédération Nationale des Vétérans du Roi Albert, Croix de la Fidélité
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Type : Médaille, Fédération Nationale des Vétérans du Roi Albert, Croix de la Fidélité
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 88 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,26 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de militaire casquée de profil à gauche, dans le médaillon au coeur d’une croix à quatre branches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FNVRA / ALBERT I / NNVKA.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et 1 ligne dans un médaillon.
Commentary
Dimensions de la croix (incluant la bélière) : 36,5*33,5 mm
Ruban rouge bordé de lignes verticales tricolores (rouge, jaune et noir) (largeur : 35,5 mm).
La FNVRA (NVVKA en néerlandais) est créée en juin 1948 pour honorer la mémoire du roi Albert (le Roi-Chevalier) et des soldats qui ont combattu durant son règne, aussi bien belges que français pour les combats de la Première Guerre mondiale en Belgique (il existe une branche française de cette association).
https://www.medailles1914-1918.fr/belgique-medai-3.html.
Dimensions of the cross (including the bail): 36.5*33.5 mm Red ribbon bordered with tricolor vertical lines (red, yellow and black) (width: 35.5 mm). The FNVRA (NVVKA in Dutch) was created in June 1948 to honor the memory of King Albert (the Knight-King) and the soldiers who fought during his reign, both Belgian and French for the battles of the First World War in Belgium (there is a French branch of this association). https://www.medailles1914-1918.fr/belgique-medai-3.html
Ruban rouge bordé de lignes verticales tricolores (rouge, jaune et noir) (largeur : 35,5 mm).
La FNVRA (NVVKA en néerlandais) est créée en juin 1948 pour honorer la mémoire du roi Albert (le Roi-Chevalier) et des soldats qui ont combattu durant son règne, aussi bien belges que français pour les combats de la Première Guerre mondiale en Belgique (il existe une branche française de cette association).
https://www.medailles1914-1918.fr/belgique-medai-3.html.
Dimensions of the cross (including the bail): 36.5*33.5 mm Red ribbon bordered with tricolor vertical lines (red, yellow and black) (width: 35.5 mm). The FNVRA (NVVKA in Dutch) was created in June 1948 to honor the memory of King Albert (the Knight-King) and the soldiers who fought during his reign, both Belgian and French for the battles of the First World War in Belgium (there is a French branch of this association). https://www.medailles1914-1918.fr/belgique-medai-3.html
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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