fme_1083335 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition internationale
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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 : 156,88 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron, quelques marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE BRUXELLES 1897.
Obverse description : Allégorie de face entre l'Industrie et l'Abondance. Signée Jul. LAGAE scult 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 non attribuée.
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 not awarded. The Brussels International Exhibition of 1897 was a world's fair held in Brussels, Belgium, from May 10 to November 8, 1897.
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 not awarded. The Brussels International Exhibition of 1897 was a world's fair 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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