fme_1051863 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III Médaille, Victor Eugène Ange Jules Maistriau
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Type : Médaille, Victor Eugène Ange Jules Maistriau
Date: 1951
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 133,08 g.
Edge : lisse + FISCH
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Faible usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTOR MAISTRIAU - 1951.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : R. GODFROID.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Victor Eugène Ange Jules Maistriau (1870-1961) était un homme politique libéral belge.
Victor Eugène Ange Jules Maistriau (1870-1961) was a Belgian liberal politician
Victor Eugène Ange Jules Maistriau (1870-1961) was a Belgian liberal politician
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - REIGN OF LEOPOLD III
(17/12/1934-21/9/1944-16/7/1951)
Son of Albert I and grand-nephew of Leopold II, Leopold III became king following the accidental death of his father. In 1936, faced with threats of war, he put an end to the alliance with France and reaffirmed the neutrality of Belgium. In 1940, during the German invasion, he took command of the army but was quickly forced to sign an unconditional surrender. A prisoner of war, he refused any collaboration and ceased all political activity. Taken to Germany then liberated by the Allies, he retired to Switzerland while a regency was entrusted to his brother, Prince Charles (September 21, 1944). Much criticized, he regained the throne in 1950 after a referendum on the resumption of his powers. Welcomed by strikes and demonstrations, he then named Baudoin "royal prince" then abdicated in his favor in July 1951. He died in 1983.
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