E-auction 643-649608 - fme_1046999 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Concours internationaux d’animaux reproducteurs
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| Estimate : | 30 € |
| Price : | 10 € |
| Maximum bid : | 11 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 August 2025 20:33:40 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Concours internationaux d’animaux reproducteurs
Date: 1897
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 67 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WÜRDEN Charles (1849-1903)
Weight : 56,51 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène à l’aspect légèrement irisé. Présence de traces d’oxydation, de marques de manipulation, d’usure et de rayures sur l’ensemble de la médaille. La tranche présente des coups
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Portrait de profil à droite de Leopold II, roi des belges. Signé: CH. WÜRDEN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE - BRUXELLES // CONCOURS / INTERNATIONAUX / D’ANIMAUX / REPRODUCTEURS / 1897.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et légende en 5 lignes. Signé : E. ALTENLOH.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière et anneau : 50 mm.
Diameter without bail and ring: 50 mm
Diameter without bail and ring: 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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