E-auction 488-399466 - fme_758011 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Ordre de Léopold II, Chevalier
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 15 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 August 2022 17:58:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Ordre de Léopold II, Chevalier
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 109 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,81 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Obverse description : Lion rampant de profil à gauche sur fond émaillé noir, pourtour émaillé bleu.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LL.
Reverse description : Initiales couronnées dans le médaillon central.
Commentary
Médaillon émaillé au centre d’une croix à quatre branches bouletées, sur une couronne de laurier. Attache en forme de couronne sommé d’un globe crucifère.
Dimensions de la croix : 40,5 mm, avec la couronne : 64 mm.
Dimensions de la croix : 40,5 mm, avec la couronne : 64 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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