Live auction - fme_1060800 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Ordre de Léopold, Plaque de grand cordon
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Live starting : Type : Ordre de Léopold, Plaque de grand cordon
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 83 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 72,17 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle plaque malgré des éclats dans l’émail noir du médaillon central et dans l’émail rouge à 7 heures. Traces d’usure au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Obverse description : Lion en cuivre doré disposé sur un médaillon noir cerclé de la légende en cuivre doré sur fond émaillé rouge.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Longue épingle et deux crochets anti basculement.
Commentary
Cette décoration est l'équivalent de la Légion d'honneur en France.
Dimensions : 83*82,5 mm
Dimensions du médaillon disposé sur l’étoile : 39 mm.
This decoration is the equivalent of the Legion of Honour in France. Dimensions: 83 x 82.5 mm. Dimensions of the medallion placed on the star: 39 mm.
Dimensions : 83*82,5 mm
Dimensions du médaillon disposé sur l’étoile : 39 mm.
This decoration is the equivalent of the Legion of Honour in France. Dimensions: 83 x 82.5 mm. Dimensions of the medallion placed on the star: 39 mm.
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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