E-auction 631-628720 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Souvenir du tirage au sort
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Type : Médaille, Souvenir du tirage au sort
Date: 1900
Metal : various
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,70 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation. Cassée à 12 heures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI - DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche. Signé : A DUREAUX PARIS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUVENIR DU TIRAGE AU SORT // CLASSE / 1900.
Reverse description : Cartouche tenu par un soldat tenant un fusil à gauche et un conscrit tenant l’étendard de sa classe d’incorporation à droite ; à l’exergue, deux canons et une grenade.
Commentary
Médaille en cuivre avec une âme en carton à l’intérieur.
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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