fme_1128957 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Jules Demaret-Freson
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Type : Médaille, Jules Demaret-Freson
Date: 1908
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 59,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DEVREESE Godefroid (1861- 1941)
Weight : 84,37 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : JULES. DEMARET-FRESON. .
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : G. DEVREESE / 1908.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’ASSOCIATION DES INGENIEURS - DE L’ECOLE DES MINES DE MONS- // AU / PROFESSEUR / J. DEMARET-FRESON / HOMMAGE D’ESTIME / ET DE / RECONNAISSANCE / 1882-1907.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 7 lignes.
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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