Back 1/1
fme_1001854 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Cardinal Mercier
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2025)
Price : 80.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2025)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Médaille, Cardinal Mercier
Date: (1935)
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DELANNOY Maurice (1885-1972)
Weight : 137,20 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Petits coups sur les bords de la tranche
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Provenant de l'atelier du graveur Maurice Delannoy
Obverse
Obverse legend : SON EMINENCE LE CARDINAL MERCIER ARCHEVEQVE DE MALINES - .PRIMAT DE BELGIQVE..
Obverse description : Prélat debout entouré de la légende. A droite et à gauche, trois monuments, le collège Saint-Rombaud, la cathédrale de Malines, l’Université de Louvain où il professa en 1882, et une ruine de la Guerre de 1914-1918, symbolisant les étapes de sa carrière ecclésiastique. Signé : M. DELANNOY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MDCCCLI - MCMXXVI / APOSTOLUS JESU CHRISTI // S’ARMA DE SA DIGNITE DE PRINCE DE L’EGLISE / ET DE PRIMAT DE BELGIQVE POVR MIEVX SERVIR / FVT AV DIRE MEME DE L’ENNEMI L’INCARNATION / DE LA BELGIQVE OCCVPEE. IL A PRECHE PAR LA / PAROLE ET PAR LES ACTES DV PRIMER AV / DERNIER JOVR LE PATRIOTISME ET L’ENDVRANCE / ET AJOVTE A SES TITRES DE PENSEVR / ILLVSTRE ET D’EVEQVE CELVI / DE GRAND CITOYEN.
Reverse description : Légende en 9 lignes sous ses armes.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
FRENCH INDOCHINA 20 Centièmes 1916 Paris MS64 PCGS
700.00 €
VATICAN SÉRIE Euro BRILLANT UNIVERSEL 2008 Brilliant Uncirculated
120.00 €
IV REPUBLIC Médaille, Éducation Nationale AU
65.00 €
PREMIER EMPIRE / FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE Médaille, Bataille de la Moskowa MS61
1000.00 €
SILVER INVESTMENT 1 Oz - 1 Dollar Casino Royal 2023 MS
45.00 €
KAZAKHSTAN 50 Tenge Emblème national / décoration “OTAN” 2007 Oust–Kamen
5.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
