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Ministère de la Guerre Pigeons Voyageurs 1870
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Standing allegorical figure of Liberty in classical robes, wearing a radiate crown, holding an olive branch in her right hand and resting her left hand on a tablet inscribed with the Constitution and its articles. In the lower field, a stone block bears the legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE, flanked by symbolic objects including a beehive and tools. The date MDCCCLXX appears in the exergue. |
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| Reverse description | A wreath of oak leaves and acorns encircles the central field, within which the legend CONCOURS DE L'ETAT is inscribed in three lines. The surrounding legend is divided between the upper and lower portions of the rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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