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Médaille d'honneur des chemins de fer - Quatrième modèle 1977 - Echelon Argent

Location France
Year 1977
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Composition Silver plated bronze
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Obverse description Left-facing effigy of Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap, set against a background of converging railway tracks in relief. She is flanked on either side by laurel branches. The fixed suspension loop is shaped as a section of railway track with sleepers and rails. The engraver's name GEORGES GUIRAUD appears vertically in the right field.
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Reverse description The reverse depicts a modern TGV-type electric locomotive in the foreground and a steam locomotive in the background, set against a dynamic diagonal composition. A laurel branch appears to the left. The curved legend frames the upper portion of the field, while the date appears in the exergue below a nominative cartouche indicated by the initial M.
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