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fme_882294 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, L’Avenir horticole du Hainaut

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, L’Avenir horticole du Hainaut AU
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Type : Médaille, L’Avenir horticole du Hainaut
Date: 1877
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 46 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,71 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée, présentant de l’usure sur certains reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures

Obverse

Obverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Obverse description : Blason coiffé d’un heaume de chevalier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (COQUILLE) L’AVENIR HORTICOLE DU HAINAUT // CHIEVRES / 6 OCTOBRE / 1877.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes dans un médaillon accosté de deux figures féminines, drapées à l’antique, tenant une couronne de laurier pour l’une et un paire de ciseaux de l’autre. Divers objets à l’exergue (charrue, râteau, etc). Signé : HART.

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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