fme_937859 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
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Type : Médaille, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
Date: 1894
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Anvers
Metal : copper
Diameter : 60,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BAETES Jules (1861-1937)
Weight : 105,18 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron hétérogène, présentant quelques marques d’usure sur certains reliefs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Léopold II. Signé : JUL. BAETES SCULP.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D’ANVERS - 1894 - WERELDTENTOONSTELLINGS VAN ANTWERPEN.
Reverse description : Globe terrestre au-dessus de la ville d’Anvers.
Commentary
L’Exposition universelle de 1894 s’est tenue de mai à novembre 1894 à Anvers en Belgique.
Médaille signée JUL BAETES SCULPT, pour le sculpteur et médailleur belge Jules Baetes (1861-1937).
The 1894 World's Fair was held from May to November 1894 in Antwerp, Belgium. Medal signed JUL BAETES SCULPT, for the Belgian sculptor and medalist Jules Baetes (1861-1937)
Médaille signée JUL BAETES SCULPT, pour le sculpteur et médailleur belge Jules Baetes (1861-1937).
The 1894 World's Fair was held from May to November 1894 in Antwerp, Belgium. Medal signed JUL BAETES SCULPT, for the Belgian sculptor and medalist Jules Baetes (1861-1937)
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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