fme_1012946 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Maurice van der Rest
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Type : Médaille, Maurice van der Rest
Date: 1946
Metal : gold plated silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 65,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 133,15 g.
Edge : lisse + “A950”
Puncheon : A950
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée présentant un aspect irisé. Présence de quelques fines rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : .MAURICE VAN DER REST. - MARCEL WOLFERS.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’ASSOCIATION / DES CAISSES / D’ALLOCATIONS / FAMILIALES / A SON / PRESIDENT // DE VEREENIGING / DER KASSEN / VOOR GEZINS / VERGOEDINGEN / AAN HAAR / VOORZITTER / 1932 / ET A SON PRESIDENT D’HONNEUR / EN AAN HAAR EERE-VOORZITTER / 1946.
Reverse description : Légende en 10 lignes. Famille représentée dans un cartouche rectangulaire.
Commentary
Médaille gravée au nom de Marcel Wolfers.
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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