E-auction 582-536962 - fme_550718 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Exposition Universelle
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 36 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 June 2024 20:20:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Exposition Universelle
Date: 1905
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Liège
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 63,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 128,9 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire ayant été nettoyé. Marques d’usure sur les points hauts. Présence de taches et petites rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXPOSITION VNIVERSELLE // LIÈGE / 1905 .
Obverse description : Trois femmes assises sur des marches, drapées, tenant la première une branche de laurier, la seconde un disque et la dernière un caducée. Signé : PAUL DUBOIS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROYAVME - DE - BELGIQVE // 1905.
Reverse description : Femme, à demi vêtue, tenant une branche de laurier et une trompe de l’autre, assise sur le blason de la ville. Vue sur un fleuve et son pont à l’arrière plan. Cartouche à l’exergue.
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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