E-auction 645-654579 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille satirique, Son éminence J. Vanput, Bourgmestre d’Anvers
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Type : Médaille satirique, Son éminence J. Vanput, Bourgmestre d’Anvers
Date: 1868
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Anvers
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,12 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec un reste de rouge de frappe et les traces d’un ancien nettoyage. Quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : Z. E. VANPUT. B. D. G. G. VOORZITTER..
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GEMEENE BEEST VAN ANTWERPEN - *1868* // VIVE LES - COUVENTS.
Reverse description : Blason coiffé d’un chapeau avec crucifix et crosse en sautoir, entouré d’un chapelet.
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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