E-auction 455-367339 - fme_445963 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille pour les 25 ans de la Franchimontoise
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 January 2022 18:16:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille pour les 25 ans de la Franchimontoise
Date: 1890
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Verviers
Metal : silver plated brass
Diameter : 27,3 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,3 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Belle et intéressante petite médaille, perforée à midi
Obverse
Obverse legend : VILLE DE VERVIER/ VERT ET VIEUX.
Obverse description : Écu couronné sur un parchemin ; branche de lauriers et de chêne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUVENIR DE LA XXE FÊTE FEDE RALE BELGE DE GYMNASTIQUE// XXVE ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA FRANCHIMONTOISE/ 19.21 JUILLET/ 1890.
Reverse description : Légende en 6 lignes dans un médaillon.
Commentary
La société de Gymnastique « La Franchimontoise » fondée le 12 février 1865 .
The Gymnastics Society “La Franchimontoise” founded on February 12, 1865
The Gymnastics Society “La Franchimontoise” founded on February 12, 1865
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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