E-auction 305-224543 - fme_400066 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I Médaille du comice agricole de Virton
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 February 2019 18:19:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Médaille du comice agricole de Virton
Date: 1835
Mint name / Town : Luxembourg, Virton
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WIENER Léopold (1823-1891)
Weight : 25 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches au revers. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD I ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche de Léopold Ier, signé : WERNER F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOC: D’AGRIC: // DU / LUXEMBOURG / COMICE / DE / VIRTON.
Reverse description : Légende en six lignes dans un médaillon ; couronne végétale autour composée de fleurs, de blé et de fruits.
Commentary
Virton (en gaumais Viertan) est une ville francophone de Belgique située en Région wallonne, chef-lieu d'arrondissement en province de Luxembourg. Elle fait partie de la Lorraine gaumaise.
À la chute de Napoléon en 1815, le village est rattaché, de par le Traité de Vienne, à la Confédération germanique en même temps que le duché de Luxembourg. Virton deviendra définitivement belge avec le Traité de Londres en 1839, malgré l'attachement sentimental à la France toute proche (en 1830 le drapeau français flotta sur la tour de l'église et en 1848 des émeutes républicaines survinrent dans la ville).
En août 1914, Virton est le lieu de combats meurtriers lors des premiers chocs entre troupes Françaises et Allemandes..
Virton (Viertan in Gaume) is a French-speaking town in Belgium located in the Walloon Region, capital of a district in the province of Luxembourg. It is part of the Gaume Lorraine. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, the village was annexed, by the Treaty of Vienna, to the German Confederation at the same time as the Duchy of Luxembourg. Virton became definitively Belgian with the Treaty of London in 1839, despite the sentimental attachment to nearby France (in 1830 the French flag flew on the church tower and in 1848 republican riots occurred in the town). In August 1914, Virton was the scene of deadly fighting during the first clashes between French and German troops.
À la chute de Napoléon en 1815, le village est rattaché, de par le Traité de Vienne, à la Confédération germanique en même temps que le duché de Luxembourg. Virton deviendra définitivement belge avec le Traité de Londres en 1839, malgré l'attachement sentimental à la France toute proche (en 1830 le drapeau français flotta sur la tour de l'église et en 1848 des émeutes républicaines survinrent dans la ville).
En août 1914, Virton est le lieu de combats meurtriers lors des premiers chocs entre troupes Françaises et Allemandes..
Virton (Viertan in Gaume) is a French-speaking town in Belgium located in the Walloon Region, capital of a district in the province of Luxembourg. It is part of the Gaume Lorraine. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, the village was annexed, by the Treaty of Vienna, to the German Confederation at the same time as the Duchy of Luxembourg. Virton became definitively Belgian with the Treaty of London in 1839, despite the sentimental attachment to nearby France (in 1830 the French flag flew on the church tower and in 1848 republican riots occurred in the town). In August 1914, Virton was the scene of deadly fighting during the first clashes between French and German troops.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I
(4/06/1831-10/12/1865)
Leopold (16/12/1790-10/12/1865) is the son of François de Saxe-Cobourg and the uncle of Victoria I. He fights Napoleon in the Russian army. Naturalized English in 1816, he married Charlotte of Hanover and found himself a widower the following year. Léopold had just refused the crown of Greece when he was elected King of the Belgians on June 4, 1831. The following year, he married Louise d'Orléans (1812-1850), the daughter of Louis-Philippe. She gives him three children including Leopold II and Charlotte, the unfortunate wife of Maximilian of Austria, shot in Mexico. He is morganatically married to the actress Caroline Bauer from whom he must separate to marry the daughter of the King of the French. The London Conference of July 1831 settled territorial problems and the treaty of eighteen articles was accepted by the National Congress on July 9, 1831. Leopold was triumphantly welcomed on July 21, 1831. He had to fight against the Dutch army and received the nickname of "shield of Belgium", safeguarding the independence of the "flat country" against the Prussia of William I and the France of Napoleon III. He relies politically on England.
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