E-auction 662-687904 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
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Type : Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
Date: 1885
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Anvers
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Engraver WIENER Léopold (1823-1891)
Weight : 10 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, noircie, avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation. Concrétions vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D’ANVERS // 1885.
Obverse description : Porte d’entrée de l’Exposition.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTWERPEN.
Reverse description : Dieu fleuve devant les fortifications de la ville portuaire. Signé : LEOP. WENER.
Commentary
L’Exposition universelle de 1885, également connue sous le nom de Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, est une Exposition internationale qui s’est tenue à Anvers, en Belgique, entre le 2 mai et 2 novembre 1885. Elle avait une superficie de 220 000 m2, a accueilli 3,5 millions de visiteurs et a atteint le seuil de rentabilité à 4 millions de francs belges. Il y a officiellement 25 nations à avoir participé, incluant : l'Allemagne, l'Autriche, le Canada, l'Empire ottoman, l'Espagne, la France, la Grande-Bretagne, le Portugal, la Serbie, le Royaume de Roumanie, les États-Unis ainsi que plusieurs États d'Amérique du Sud. Des producteurs de laines australiens ont été envoyés sur place et ont gagné des prix. Une description détaillée de l'Exposition fut donnée par Anatole Bamps dans la Revue internationale (Florence).
L’événement a pris place 20 ans après l’accession de Léopold II au trône de Belgique, et la même année de la création de l’État indépendant du Congo, la foire fut la première à avoir eu un village congolais, élément qui a également été présent lors de l’Exposition internationale de Bruxelles de 1897. Elle fut aussi le lieu de présentation de la première montre 24h réalisée par Jean Joseph Lacoppe, un wallon né en 1840 à Stavelot et installé à Liège par la suite..
The 1885 World's Fair, also known as the World Exhibition of Antwerp, was an international exhibition held in Antwerp, Belgium, between 2 May and 2 November 1885.. It had an area of 220,000 m2, welcomed 3.5 million visitors and reached the break-even point of 4 million Belgian francs.. There are officially 25 nations that have participated, including: Germany, Austria, Canada, the Ottoman Empire, Spain, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Serbia, the Kingdom of Romania, the United States as well as several South American states.. Australian wool producers were sent there and won prizes. A detailed description of the Exhibition was given by Anatole Bamps in the Revue internationale (Florence).
The event took place 20 years after the accession of Leopold II to the throne of Belgium, and in the same year of the creation of the Congo Free State, the fair was the first to have a Congolese village, an element that was also present at the Brussels International Exhibition of 1897.. It was also the location for the presentation of the first 24-hour watch made by Jean Joseph Lacoppe, a Walloon born in 1840 in Stavelot and later settled in Liège..
L’événement a pris place 20 ans après l’accession de Léopold II au trône de Belgique, et la même année de la création de l’État indépendant du Congo, la foire fut la première à avoir eu un village congolais, élément qui a également été présent lors de l’Exposition internationale de Bruxelles de 1897. Elle fut aussi le lieu de présentation de la première montre 24h réalisée par Jean Joseph Lacoppe, un wallon né en 1840 à Stavelot et installé à Liège par la suite..
The 1885 World's Fair, also known as the World Exhibition of Antwerp, was an international exhibition held in Antwerp, Belgium, between 2 May and 2 November 1885.. It had an area of 220,000 m2, welcomed 3.5 million visitors and reached the break-even point of 4 million Belgian francs.. There are officially 25 nations that have participated, including: Germany, Austria, Canada, the Ottoman Empire, Spain, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Serbia, the Kingdom of Romania, the United States as well as several South American states.. Australian wool producers were sent there and won prizes. A detailed description of the Exhibition was given by Anatole Bamps in the Revue internationale (Florence).
The event took place 20 years after the accession of Leopold II to the throne of Belgium, and in the same year of the creation of the Congo Free State, the fair was the first to have a Congolese village, an element that was also present at the Brussels International Exhibition of 1897.. It was also the location for the presentation of the first 24-hour watch made by Jean Joseph Lacoppe, a Walloon born in 1840 in Stavelot and later settled in Liège..
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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