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Résistance Française - L'imprimerie clandestine
| Location | France |
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| Composition | Gold plated silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Full figure of a man in a work coat standing at a clandestine printing press, depicted in high relief against a plain field. The scene references the underground press operations of the French Resistance, based on a photograph taken at the Défense de la France printing works on rue de l'Université, Paris. |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a large V for Victory flanked by two unfurled French tricolor flags, with the Cross of Lorraine rising above in high relief. The legend RESISTANCE FRANÇAISE arcs around the upper and lower rim, with dates 1940 and 1945 in the lower field, accompanied by hallmarks reading 925-V and the Société Numismatique Française mark. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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