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fme_661176 - CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Loyauté et dévouement

CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Loyauté et dévouement AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 650.00 €
Type : Médaille, Loyauté et dévouement
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 50,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Daxbek
Weight : 51,91 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec de légères traces de manipulation dans les champs

Obverse

Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES, SOUVERAIN DE L’ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO..
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche, signé : PH. DAXBEK.

Reverse

Reverse legend : * LOYAUTÉ ET DÉVOUEMENT.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire autour d’un blason couronné tenu par deux lions. Ruban timbré TRAVAIL ET PROGRES.

Commentary

Il s’agit d’une Médaille du mérite à décerner aux chefs indigènes pour services rendus à l'Etat.

Historical background

CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II

(1885-1908)

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 expansionist visions of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic development of Belgium on the industrial level. Belgium 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. King Leopold II had bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.

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