E-auction 650-664724 - fme_990247 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Jubilé de la Société historique et littéraire de Tournai
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2025 21:08:40 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Jubilé de la Société historique et littéraire de Tournai
Date: 1895
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 41,25 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec quelques taches noires d’oxydation. Faible usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : FEDERATION ARCHEOL. ET. HIST. DE BELGIQUE // À L’EXERGUE : CONGRES DE - TOUNAI 1895 // L’UNION - FAIT - LA - FORCE.
Obverse description : Divers objets (reliquaire, heaume de chevalier, crâne, livre ouvert et chapiteau, etc) au-dessus du blason belge. Signé : DE VIGNE-HART.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .SOCIETE HISTORIQUE ET LITTERAIRE DE TOURNAI / JUBILE. DE / 50. ANS.
Reverse description : Vue sur les façades de divers monuments de Tournai dont la cathédrale. Blasons accolés dans un médaillon ovale à l’exergue entre des palmes.
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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