fme_1116110 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Festival de la municipalité de Langemarck
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Type : Médaille, Festival de la municipalité de Langemarck
Date: 1892
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 75,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 52,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine présentant un reste de dorure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II KONING - DER BELGEN.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche, signé : H. F.T.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT - LA FORCE // GEMEENTE / LANGEMARCK / FESTIVAL / 1892 / VAN DAN 3 JULI.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes dans un médaillon entouré de divers objets (trombes tubas, tambours, partition de musique), le tout sommé d’un blason couronné tenu par deux lions.
Reverse translation : Festival de la municipalité de Langemarck.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 51,5 mm.
Diameter without bail: 51.5 mm
Diameter without bail: 51.5 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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