Live auction - fme_1013388 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Plaquette, Constantin-Eugène de Burlet
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
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| End of the sale : | 24 June 2025 15:04:50 |
Type : Plaquette, Constantin-Eugène de Burlet
Date: 1909
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 78,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DEVREESE Godefroid (1861- 1941)
Weight : 104,25 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches noires d’oxydation et quelques points d’usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : A C. DE BURLET / DIRECTEUR GENERAL DE LA S.TE NATIONALE / DES CHEMINS DE FER VICINAUX. / .L’UNION DES CESSIONNAIRES. / 1884. D’EXPLOITATION. 1909.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : G. DEVREESE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Dimensions : 78,5*48,5 mm.
Constantin-Eugène de Burlet (1846-1925) est un ingénieur, haut-fonctionnaire, chef d'entreprise spécialisé dans le transport ferroviaire et bourgmestre belge du Parti catholique. Il a été l'un des principaux promoteurs et créateurs de chemins de fer en Belgique et à l'étranger.
Dimensions: 78.5*48.5 mm. Constantin-Eugène de Burlet (1846-1925) was an engineer, senior civil servant, business leader specializing in rail transport, and Belgian mayor of the Catholic Party. He was one of the main promoters and creators of railways in Belgium and abroad.
Constantin-Eugène de Burlet (1846-1925) est un ingénieur, haut-fonctionnaire, chef d'entreprise spécialisé dans le transport ferroviaire et bourgmestre belge du Parti catholique. Il a été l'un des principaux promoteurs et créateurs de chemins de fer en Belgique et à l'étranger.
Dimensions: 78.5*48.5 mm. Constantin-Eugène de Burlet (1846-1925) was an engineer, senior civil servant, business leader specializing in rail transport, and Belgian mayor of the Catholic Party. He was one of the main promoters and creators of railways in Belgium and abroad.
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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