Live auction - fme_1006512 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours hippique
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Concours hippique
Date: 1888
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Louvain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 52 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 52,38 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de quelques taches d’oxydation et marques d’usure. Coups sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : VILLE DE - LOUVAIN.
Obverse description : Vue sur la façade de l’hôtel de ville de Louvain.
Reverse
Reverse legend : *CONCOURS HIPPIQUE* - 1888 / (FLEUR) 9 (FLEUR) / SEPTEMBRE / 3.E PRIX.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes dans un médaillon entouré de feuilles et baies de laurier.
Commentary
Diamètre sans le surplus de métal à 12 heures : 50,5 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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