E-auction 434-346313 - fme_691153 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours hippique international
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 August 2021 18:29:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Concours hippique international
Date: 1893
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 56 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 47,10 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, une légère usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques concrétions vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FLEUR) SOCIETE ROYALE POUR FAVORISER L’ELEVAGE DU DEMI-SANG // 3.E PRIX / 1893.
Obverse description : Légende circulaire et en 2 lignes dans un médaillon entouré d’une couronne de laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROYAL CERCLE EQUESTRE DE BRUXELLES.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire dans un cuir couronné et entourant un cheval se cabrant. Signé : CH. WURGEN.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 50 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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