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fme_1029439 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Cinquantième anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Belgique

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Cinquantième anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Belgique XF
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Type : Médaille, Cinquantième anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Belgique
Date: 1880
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 51 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver FISCH Antoine (1827-1892)
Weight : 58,52 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, quelques coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation. Quelques points de concrétions vertes. Traces de nettoyage

Obverse


Obverse legend : MDCCCXXX MDCCCLXXX.
Obverse description : Deux tête accolés de profil à gauche. Signé : A. FISCH.

Reverse


Reverse legend : CINQUANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE DE L’INDEPENDANCE DE LA BELGIQUE // CONCOURS / (FLEUR) / INTERNATIONAL / * DE * / MUSIQUE / (FLEUR) / BRUXELLES.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et 7 lignes à l’intérieur d’un médaillon.

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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