fme_1116105 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Cercle L’avenir, Exposition du jeu de balle
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Type : Médaille, Cercle L’avenir, Exposition du jeu de balle
Date: 1897
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 58 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 54,98 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation et des marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : SAINT-GILLES LEZ-BRUXELLES - ***.
Obverse description : Blason de ville tourelé, entouré d’une couronne de chêne et laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CERCLE L’AVENIR / 1897 / EXPOSITION / DU JEU DE BALLE / - / LEON DEWOLF.
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 5 lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Médaille décernée à Léon Dewolf.
Diamètre sans bélière : 51 mm.
Medal awarded to Léon Dewolf. Diameter without bail: 51 mm
Diamètre sans bélière : 51 mm.
Medal awarded to Léon Dewolf. Diameter without bail: 51 mm
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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