fme_1112820 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours hippique
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Type : Médaille, Concours hippique
Date: 1906
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Ostende
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 61,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BLONDELET Michel Eugène (1840-1929)
Weight : 75,58 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation et des marques d’usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Concrétions au revers. Quelques coups sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Chevaux dans un pré. Signé : BLONDELET.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOURS HIPPIQUE / OSTENDE / 15 ET 16 SEPTEMBRE 1906.
Reverse description : Légende en 3 lignes dans un cartouche posé sur des branches de chêne et laurier.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 55,5 mm.
Diameter without bail: 55.5 mm
Diameter without bail: 55.5 mm
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II
(10/12/1865-17/12/1909)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the aims of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic and industrial development of Belgium, which also became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him. in 1909. He bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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