Historical and Commemorative
Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
KING LEOPOLD II: FIRST ANNUAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL IN BRUSSELS GEERTS,
Edouard Louis / GEEFS, Alexandre Georges: Belgium, 1869, Bronze, 63 mm With the intention of constituting a federation of the
musical societies of Belgium, the government provided a budget to help
organize a great annual festival of classical music. This medal was issued
to commemorate the first of these events and was given to all the
performers, chorus singers and instrumentalists. See also ACCESSION OF LEOPOLD II, KING OF BELGIUM.
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