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E-auction 238-162258 - fme_413285 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille de la reine Astrid

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille de la reine Astrid XF
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Estimate : 40 €
Price : 10 €
Maximum bid : 11 €
End of the sale : 06 November 2017 19:08:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Médaille de la reine Astrid
Date: 1934-1935
Mint name / Town : Belgique
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DE SOETE Pierre (1886-1948)
Weight : 11 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Intéressante médaillette avec une patine hétérogène

Obverse


Obverse legend : ASTRID.
Obverse description : La reine Astride en buste à droite, avec un A couronné derrière elle.

Reverse


Reverse description : Lisse.

Commentary


Médaille de Pierre de Soete. Pierre de Soete, né en 1886 à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Bruxelles) et mort en 1948 à Bruxelles, est un sculpteur et médailleur belge.

Astrid de Suède (en suédois : Astrid av Sverige), princesse de Suède, née le 17 novembre 1905 à Stockholm (Suède) et morte dans un accident de voiture le 29 août 1935 à Küssnacht am Rigi (Suisse), est la quatrième reine des Belges, du 23 février 1934 jusqu’à sa mort..

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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