Live auction - fme_1013541 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I Médaille, Aux héros belges
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Aux héros belges
Date: 1914
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,72 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine blanche, traces de rayures et d’oxydations
Obverse
Obverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : AUX HEROS / BELGES.
Obverse description : Lion rugissant de profil à gauche, ville en flamme à l’arrière plan. Signé : POCHON - GENEVE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ... J’AI FOI / EN NOS DESTINEES. / UN PAYS QUI SE DEFEND / S’IMPOSE AU RESPECT / DE TOUS ! ... / - / DISCOURS ROYAL / ALBERT. I. / 4 AOUT 1914.
Reverse description : Légende en 8 lignes.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I
(17/12/1909-17/12/1934)
Albert I (8/04/1875-17/02/1934) succeeded his uncle Leopold II in 1909. He had married Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1900 (1876-1965). During the First World War, he commanded the Belgian army and shared the fate of the soldiers, which earned him the title of "knight king". The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 gave him the territories of Eupen and Malmédy. He died in a climbing accident in Marche-les-Dames. His son Leopold III succeeded him.
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