Live auction - fme_1124616 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Université libre de Bruxelles, Pierre Théodore Verhaegen
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 40 € |
| Maximum bid : | 40 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 18:13:08 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Université libre de Bruxelles, Pierre Théodore Verhaegen
Date: 1934
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 65 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MAUQUOY Alphonse (1880-1954)
Weight : 91,31 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et quelques taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1796 PIERRE THEODORE - VERHAEGEN 1862.
Obverse description : Tête à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES. - SCIENTIA VINCERETENEBRAS // 1934 - / 1934.
Reverse description : Vue sur le bâtiment, armoires posé sur des feuilles de chênes à l’exergue. Signé : MAUQUOY.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une boîte ronde bordeaux.
Medal preserved in a round burgundy box
Medal preserved in a round burgundy box
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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