Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
175 g
Diameter
68 mm
Thickness
5.1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth with inscription Script: Latin Lettering: 1966 BRONZE
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Notice
Pierre Turin
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Bust of Churchill in uniform, slightly to left
Obverse lettering
WINSTON CHURCHILL
PIERRE TURIN
MCMVL
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Churchill family arms and inscription below
Reverse lettering
`NOUS N`AVONS QU`UN DESIR
VOIR UNE FRANCE FORTE ET LIBRE
ENTOUREE DE SON EMPIRE
ET REUNIE A L`ALSACE-LORRAINE`
10 NOVEMBRE 1942 (Translation: `For ourselves we have no wish but to see France free and strong, with her Empire gathered round her and with Alsace-Lorraine restored.` November 10, 1942)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)