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E-auction 419-331263 - fme_461564 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille d’admission, Exposition et congrès d’hygiène et de sauvetage

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille d’admission, Exposition et congrès d’hygiène et de sauvetage AU
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Estimate : 65 €
Price : 11 €
Maximum bid : 17 €
End of the sale : 26 April 2021 18:56:30
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Médaille d’admission, Exposition et congrès d’hygiène et de sauvetage
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Bruxelles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 60 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 93 g.
Edge : Lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de manipulation. Coup sur la tranche à 6 heures au revers
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la descendance directe du graveur Auguste-François Michaut (1786-1879)

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES - 1876.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, signé : CH. WIENER..

Reverse


Reverse legend : EXPOSITION ET CONGRES D’HYGIENE ET DE SAUVETAGE A BRUXELLES // MEDAILLE / D’ADMISSION / - / L&E DELETTREZ.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes dans une couronne faite d’une palme et d’une branche d’olivier.

Commentary


L. & E. Delettrez sont référencés dans le Rapport du Jury international de l’Exposition Universelle au Chapitre IV, Chemins de fer à voie étroite ; voies et matériel roulant (p.169),
§3. Matériel roulant, Système automatique de L. et E. Delettrez (p.194)..

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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