- CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Circulated
- COMPOSITION : Copper
- MODIFIED ITEM : No
- COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : Netherlands
- BRAND : MEDAL
- TYPE : Medal
NETHERLANDS
Bronze 1814 Medal
Obv. WILLEM D.G.G. PRINS VAN ORANJE NASSAU *
Rev. SOUVEREIN VORST DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN * /GEHULDIGD / TE / AMSTERDAM /
MDCCCXIV.
Bronze 23mm
by medalist Hendrix Lageman(1765-1816)
struck in Utrecht at, the then newly renamed, 's Rijks Munt (mint)
1814 Inauguration of Prince William of Orange as Sovereign Prince in
Amsterdam, after the establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Willem Frederik Prince of Orange-Nassau ( The Hague , 24 August 1772 - Berlin ,
12 December 1843 ), was the first King of the Netherlands from the house Oranje-Nassau.
After the defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 , he was
inaugurated as 'Sovereign Prince' of the United Netherlands . On March 16,
1815, he proclaimed himself king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and
Duke of Luxembourg, after which he was inaugurated as King on 21 September 1815
in Brussels. In the same year, at the Congress of Vienna, the European powers
decided to promote the Duchy of Luxembourg to the Grand Duchy and to recognize
William as the first Grand Duke, with confirmation of the King's title. This
formally recognized the brand-new Dutch monarchy within Europe. The new kingdom
served as a buffer for both France and the United Kingdom . After the abdication
in 1840 Willem I called himself King William Frederick, Count of Nassau
NETHERLANDS
Bronze 1814 Medal
Obv. WILLEM D.G.G. PRINS VAN ORANJE NASSAU *
Rev. SOUVEREIN VORST DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN * /GEHULDIGD / TE / AMSTERDAM /
MDCCCXIV.
Bronze 23mm
by medalist Hendrix Lageman(1765-1816)
struck in Utrecht at, the then newly renamed, 's Rijks Munt (mint)
1814 Inauguration of Prince William of Orange as Sovereign Prince in
Amsterdam, after the establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Willem Frederik Prince of Orange-Nassau ( The Hague , 24 August 1772 - Berlin ,
12 December 1843 ), was the first King of the Netherlands from the house Oranje-Nassau.
After the defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 , he was
inaugurated as 'Sovereign Prince' of the United Netherlands . On March 16,
1815, he proclaimed himself king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and
Duke of Luxembourg, after which he was inaugurated as King on 21 September 1815
in Brussels. In the same year, at the Congress of Vienna, the European powers
decided to promote the Duchy of Luxembourg to the Grand Duchy and to recognize
William as the first Grand Duke, with confirmation of the King's title. This
formally recognized the brand-new Dutch monarchy within Europe. The new kingdom
served as a buffer for both France and the United Kingdom . After the abdication
in 1840 Willem I called himself King William Frederick, Count of Nassau
REF 18 259
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