Médaille - Tricentenaire du rattachement de Valenciennes à la France
Médaille - Tricentenaire du rattachement de Valenciennes à la France
€1.00
Location
France
Year
1979
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
201 g
Diameter
77 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled (high
relief)
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth with Inscription
Period
Notice
Georges Thurotte
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Female bust crowned with laurel holding a coat of arms with a rampant lion crowned, a fleur-de-lys on the left and a hat on the right, surrounded by two swans.
Obverse lettering
TRICENTENAIRE DU RATTACHEMENT DE
VALENCIENNES À LA FRANCE
1678
1978
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Radiant sun with crown and three fleur-de-lys in the center, surrounded by a wheat harvest, a cogwheel, a sword surrounded by octopus tentacles and two hands clasping an olive branch.
Reverse lettering
NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR
PAIX DE NIMEGUE
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
