fme_1061037 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Inauguration de la section française, Exposition internationale de l'eau
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Type : Médaille, Inauguration de la section française, Exposition internationale de l'eau
Date: 1939
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 58,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver RENARD Marcel (1893-1974)
Weight : 105,78 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA MEVSE // VNION / PAR LA FORCE // LIBERTE / EGALITE / FRATERNITE // JE MAINTIENDRAI.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine de la Meuse, tenant une amphore et accosté des symboles de la République Française à gauche et la Belgique à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE L’EAU - LIEGE 1939 // INAUGURATION / DE LA SECTION FRANCAISE / - / 21 MAI 1939.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes horizontales, signé : MARCEL RENARD.
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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