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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 9726, member: 57463&quot;]Well, that would be BELGIUM (Belgique/Belgie because the nation has two offiicial languages, French and Walloon, a German dialect similar to Dutch).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1949, the king was technically Leopold III. So, you would expect his head to be on the coin.&nbsp; However, the story is complicated.&nbsp; See for instance </p><p><a href="http://www.expatriate-online.com/moving/Belgium/History/history_since_1945.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.expatriate-online.com/moving/Belgium/History/history_since_1945.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.expatriate-online.com/moving/Belgium/History/history_since_1945.cfm</a></p><p>You can also enter KING BELGIUM 1949 into Google and follow some links and draw your own conclusions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The point is that General Paul Pau was a French hero of World War I, and the portrait may be his.&nbsp; I would like to know, as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, it is kind of funny, but Belgium is not a &quot;real&quot; country -- if there is any such thing.&nbsp; Belgium was created out of Holland and France as a way to settle a minor point following the Revolution of 1830 in France, which replaced Charles X with Louis Phillipe, &quot;The Citizen King.&quot; This new nation needed a name and everyone knew of the Belgii, a fierce and noble people who fought against Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars.&nbsp; I believe that no actual Belgii inhabited then the region named for them later, though I could be wrong...</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael</p><p>&quot;wondering&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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