E-auction 639-643213 - fme_1038941 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Souvenir du 75e anniversaire de l’indépendance nationale
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 6 € |
| Maximum bid : | 7 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 July 2025 20:32:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Souvenir du 75e anniversaire de l’indépendance nationale
Date: 1905
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Chênée
Metal : brass
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,76 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée. Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, quelques coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation et concrétions vertes. Coups et taches d’oxydation sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1830 - 1905.
Obverse description : Mairie de quartier de Chênée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMMUNE / DE / CHENEE / - / SOUVENIR DU / 75.E ANNIVERSAIRE / DE L’INDEPENDANCE / NATIONALE / -.
Reverse description : Légende en 8 lignes.
Commentary
Médaille avec un diamètre sans bélière de 27 mm.
Medal with a diameter without bail of 27 mm
Medal with a diameter without bail of 27 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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