Live auction - fme_1125290 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Barthelemy Charles Joseph du Mortier
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 18:12:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Barthelemy Charles Joseph du Mortier
Date: 1878
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 49 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WIENER Charles (1832-1888)
Weight : 44,10 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche, signé : CHARLES WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OVNI POTVIT RERVM COGNOSCERE CAVSAS // VIRO DOCTISSIMO / B. C. DU MORTIER / DE RE BOTANICA / OPTIME MERITO / MDCCCLXXVIII.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 5 lignes surmonté par une branche de laurier.
Commentary
Le comte Barthélemy Dumortier (parfois Du Mortier) (1797-1878) est un homme politique du Parti catholique, ministre d'État belge, botaniste et zoologiste.
Count Barthélemy Dumortier (sometimes Du Mortier) (1797-1878) was a politician of the Catholic Party, Belgian Minister of State, botanist and zoologist.
Count Barthélemy Dumortier (sometimes Du Mortier) (1797-1878) was a politician of the Catholic Party, Belgian Minister of State, botanist and zoologist.
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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