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Birth of Leopold Ferdinand Elias Victor Albert Maria, Prince of Belgium, son of Leopold II and Marie-Henriette, heirs to the throne of Belgium, in honor of Leopold I, King of the Belgians
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Birth of Leopold Ferdinand Elias Victor Albert Maria, Prince of Belgium, son of Leopold II and Marie-Henriette, heirs to the throne of Belgium, in honor of Leopold I, King of the Belgians

Leopold Wiener · 1859 · striking (metalworking); bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bronze medal. Obverse: busts of a man and a woman within an inscription and decorative border. Reverse: Hainaut, depicted as a crowned woman holding a coat of arms in her hand, holding a climbing branch above a portrait medallion containing a man's bust within a beaded border, held by a winged woman with a leaf wreath on her head and an olive branch in her hands; below lies a sleeping child on a bed of flowers and leaves under an ermine mantle with a coat of arms within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGeboorte van Leopold Ferdinand Elias Victor Albert Maria, prins van België, zoon van Leopold II en Marie-Henriette, troonopvolgers van Belgie, ter ere van Leopold I, koning der Belgen. 1859. Leopold Wiener. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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