Smooth with punch and inscription Script: Latin Lettering: (corne d’abondance) ARGENT
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Notice
Adolphe Rivet
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Scene of three men (a soldier, a fencer and a shot-putter) standing before a woman dressed in antique style, seated on a pedestal, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a shield in her left.
Allegory with central shield surrounded by numerous sporting elements. Olive branch on left, oak branch on right, crossed rifles, swords/sabers/shotguns, target, gloves. Below, dumbbell and trapeze in gymnastic rings.
Reverse lettering
VILLE DE COURBEVOIE
1896
LE MÉDAILLIER ÉDIT
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
