E-auction 644-652876 - fme_1027492 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours pour les pêcheurs à la ligne
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| Estimate : | 25 € |
| Price : | 2 € |
| Maximum bid : | 12 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 August 2025 20:13:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Concours pour les pêcheurs à la ligne
Date: 1896
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Oudenburg
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 76,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 44,50 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée, présentant de l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cinq poissons dans une couronne de feuillages.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OUDENBURG - PRIJSKAMP VOOR LIJNVISSCHERS // 30 AUGUSTUS / 1896.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et gravée en 2 lignes dans un médaillon au centre d’un cuir ouvragé.
Reverse translation : Concours pour les pêcheurs à la ligne.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 48,5 mm.
Diameter without bail: 48.5 mm
Diameter without bail: 48.5 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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