Medal - Baron Surlet de Chokier 1831 front Medal - Baron Surlet de Chokier 1831 back
Medal - Baron Surlet de Chokier 1831 photo

Medal - Baron Surlet de Chokier

1831 year
Bronze - 40 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
King
Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1831
Composition
Bronze
Diameter
40 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#224483
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Text.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA BELGIQUE INDEPENDANTE
AU REGENT
DECRET DU CONGRES NATIONAL
DU XX JUILLET
MDCCCXXXI.

Edge

Plain.

Comment

Baron Surlet de Chokier was elected Regent of the Kingdom of Belgium during the Revolution of 1830 and remained so until the swearing in of the First King of the Belgians, Leopold I, on 21 July 1831.