fme_1098398 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Cercle d’agrément
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Type : Médaille, Cercle d’agrément
Date: 1886
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Liège
Metal : gilt copper
Diameter : 55 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 57,51 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée, présentant quelques taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche, signé : J. WURDEN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : *CERCLE D’AGREMENT* - LIEGE // 1.ER PRIX / AMATEUR / LAURENT ANSAY / 1886.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes gravée dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Médaille décernée à Laurent Ansay.
Medal awarded to Laurent Ansay
Medal awarded to Laurent Ansay
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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