Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
COMMEMORATION GUERRE DE 1870-1871
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Year | 1911-1923 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Marianne in high relief, wearing a decorated helmet with flowing hair, modelled after Mademoiselle Fernande Dubois, an Opéra-Comique artist. The legend REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE curves around the rim, and the engraver's signature GEORGES LEMAIRE appears in small lettering in the lower left field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A furled standard planted atop a pile of arms including rifles, sabres, and cannon, symbolising the defence of the nation. A cartouche in the lower central field bears the dedicatory inscription AUX DEFENSEURS DE LA PATRIE, flanked by the dates 1870 and 1871 in the upper field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |