fme_423560 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Coffret des 4 médailles de l’Exposition universelle
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Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Coffret des 4 médailles de l’Exposition universelle
Date: 1935
Mint name / Town : Belgique
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Coffret intéressant avec des médailles dans des états variables et brossées
Obverse
Reverse
Commentary
Coffret composé des 4 médailles de l’Exposition, par quatre grands graveurs de l’époque :
- le Mannekenpis, avec un écu au revers (signée GP).
- les Flandre, avec un attelage de chien au revers (signée Lenoir).
- les Ardennes, avec un sanglier au revers (signée Morlon)
- le Congo, avec un lion au revers (signé Turin)..
Box set of 4 medals from the Exhibition, by four great engravers of the time: - the Mannekenpis, with a shield on the reverse (signed GP). - Flanders, with a dog team on the reverse (signed Lenoir). - the Ardennes, with a wild boar on the reverse (signed Morlon) - the Congo, with a lion on the reverse (signed Turin).
- le Mannekenpis, avec un écu au revers (signée GP).
- les Flandre, avec un attelage de chien au revers (signée Lenoir).
- les Ardennes, avec un sanglier au revers (signée Morlon)
- le Congo, avec un lion au revers (signé Turin)..
Box set of 4 medals from the Exhibition, by four great engravers of the time: - the Mannekenpis, with a shield on the reverse (signed GP). - Flanders, with a dog team on the reverse (signed Lenoir). - the Ardennes, with a wild boar on the reverse (signed Morlon) - the Congo, with a lion on the reverse (signed Turin).
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III
(17/12/1934-21/9/1944-16/7/1951)
Son of Albert I and grand-nephew of Leopold II, Leopold III became king following the accidental death of his father. In 1936, faced with threats of war, he put an end to the alliance with France and reaffirmed the neutrality of Belgium. In 1940, during the German invasion, he took command of the army but was quickly forced to sign an unconditional surrender. A prisoner of war, he refused any collaboration and ceased all political activity. Taken to Germany then liberated by the Allies, he retired to Switzerland while a regency was entrusted to his brother, Prince Charles (September 21, 1944). Much criticized, he regained the throne in 1950 after a referendum on the resumption of his powers. Welcomed by strikes and demonstrations, he then named Baudoin "royal prince" then abdicated in his favor in July 1951. He died in 1983.
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