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Live auction - fme_902116 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Ordre de Léopold II, Chevalier

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Ordre de Léopold II, Chevalier AU
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Type : Médaille, Ordre de Léopold II, Chevalier
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 103 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,81 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène et oxydée. Présence de quelques coups et rayures

Obverse


Obverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE * EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT*.
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 : 39,5 mm, avec la couronne : 62,5 mm.
Ruban bleu avec une bande centrale noire.

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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