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Live auction - fme_994878 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition internationale

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition internationale AU
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 50 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 11 February 2025 16:51:43
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Médaille, Exposition internationale
Date: 1897
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 69,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Engraver LAGAE Jules (1862-1931)
Weight : 145,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Bel état, légères traces de manipulations et d’oxydations, quelque rayures et faiblesse sur les haut relief

Obverse


Obverse legend : EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE BRUXELLES 1897.
Obverse description : Allégorie de face entre l'Industrie et l'Abondance. Signé : Jul. LAGAE scult et WOLFERS Fect..

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE. KONINKRYK BELGIE. // L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. // GRAND PRIX.
Reverse description : Armes du royaume de Belgique, banderole inscrite de la devise L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. .

Commentary


Médaille conservée dans une boîte cartonnée bleue, intérieur en feutrine violette.
Inscription à l’arrière de la boite : Wolfers frères / Joailliers orfèvres / de L.L.A.A.R.R le comte et la comtesse de Flandre / Angle rue de Loxum et de la montagne / Fabrique / rue des long chariot 23 et 27 / Bruxelle
L'Exposition internationale de Bruxelles de 1897 est une exposition universelle qui s'est tenue à Bruxelles, en Belgique, du 10 mai au 8 novembre 1897..
Medal preserved in a blue cardboard box, interior in purple felt. Inscription on the back of the box: Wolfers frères / Jewelers goldsmiths / of LLAARR the count and the countess of Flanders / Corner of rue de Loxum and rue de la montagne / Factory / rue des long chariot 23 and 27 / Brussels The Brussels International Exhibition of 1897 was a universal exhibition held in Brussels, Belgium, from May 10 to November 8, 1897.

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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