Médaille d'honneur des sapeurs-pompiers - Second modèle échelon or
Médaille d'honneur des sapeurs-pompiers - Second modèle échelon or
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Location
France
Year
1935-2017
Type
Award medal
Composition
Gold plated silver (.950)
Weight
20.5 g
Diameter
30 mm
Thickness
1.6 mm
Shape
Round with a loop
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Notice
Lucien Georges Bazor
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Effigy of the Republic wearing a fireman`s helmet. Bélière: vertical ladder linking the medal to the spearheads; covered with two crossed axes. A laurel wreath passes beneath the ring of the ram.
Obverse lettering
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Fireman`s helmet smothering the fire of a burning building, resting on inscriptions. Nominative cartouche at bottom.
Reverse lettering
MINISTERE DE L`INTERIEUR
HOMMAGE AU DEVOUEMENT
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)