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fme_611916 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, La reine Astrid

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, La reine Astrid AU
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Médaille, La reine Astrid
Date: 1935
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 70 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 145,8 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches et des traces de manipulation. De légères marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Exemplaire dans son écrin cartonné orangé de la Monnaie de Paris

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et couronné à droite de la reine Astrid, signé : C. VAN DRONANT.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ASTRID REINE DES BELGES - .1905.1935..
Reverse description : Blason couronné, signé : C. VAN DRONANT.

Commentary

Princesse de Suède et de Norvège, Astrid (1905-1935) épouse en 1926 le prince Léopold de Belgique, futur roi Léopold III. Elle décède dans un accident d’automobile en Suisse en 1935.

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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