Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Albert I and Queen Elisabeth, Visit to the Congo, the opening of the Port-Franqui - Elisabethville Railway and dedication of the statue of Leopold II, gilt-bronze plaquette, 1928, by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), conjoined busts l., he in uniform, rev. train steams past statue in an African landscape, 78 x 59mm., with arched top (Vancraenbroeck 97; Willenz 319), edge stamped F. FONSON and numbered 70, extremely fine
The statue a copy of that by Thomas Vinçotte in the Place du Trône, Brussels.
Estimate: 80-120 GBP