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fme_1018953 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers AU/AU
180.00 €(Approx. 203.40$ | 151.20£)
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Type : Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
Date: 1885
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Anvers
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver CHAPLAIN Jules-Clément (1839-1909)
Weight : 151,94 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron hétérogène avec un reste de brillant de frappe. Petite usure. Présence de taches d’oxydation, notamment sur la tranche

Obverse


Obverse legend : AU MÉRITE.
Obverse description : La Renommée assise dans les nuages, tenant une couronne de lauriers et une palme, entourée de deux putti. Signé : J. C. CHAPLAIN.

Reverse


Reverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - MINISTÈRE DU COMMERCE ET DE L’INDUSTRIE / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D’ANVERS 1885 // JURY / - / DAVOUST.
Reverse description : Légendes circulaire dans et autour une couronne de lauriers.

Commentary


Médaille décernée à Davoust.

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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