Product Overview
DECORATION:
1870-1871 War AC Commemorative Medal
FRANCE
(Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870-1871)
| Size of the Medal: | 29.70mm |
| Ribbon: | Green with 4 dark blue stripes. |
| Enamel: | NO |
| Creation: |
Instituted: 9 November 1911, to those who served during the Franco-Prussian War. |
| Description: | The Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War was a 30-mm-in-diameter circular medal struck from bronze. Its obverse bore the relief image of the effigy of the "warrior republic" in the form of the left profile of a helmeted woman's bust wearing armour. On either side, the relief inscription along the outer medal circumference "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" (English: "FRENCH REPUBLIC"). The reverse bore at its lower center, a rectangle bearing the relief inscription "AUX DÉFENSEURS DE LA PATRIE" (English: "TO THE NATION'S DEFENDERS"), superimposed over the relief images of military weapons (sabres, lances, cannons), a naval anchor and a flowing banner, at its top, the relief years "1870 1871" bisected by the banner's mast. The medal was engraved by artist Georges Lemaire, his model to represent the effigy of the republic was Miss Fernande Dubois, an artist at the Opéra-Comique. |
| Country of Origin: | France |
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| Condition: |
Very Good condition the condecoration, minor marks according with it age. On the back of the decoration you can see a small piece of paper stuck on the ribbon that has written the type of decoration it is. The ribbon is in very good conditions. |
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Sobre T402 - PP |
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