Medal - Government of National Defense

Medal - Government of National Defense - obverseMedal - Government of National Defense - reverse

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Features

Location France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1870
Composition Copper
Weight 4.3 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round with a loop
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
325462
References Collignon# 120
Jean-Pierre Collignon, Patrice Cahart; 1989. La Médaille française au XIXe siècle et l'histoire. Musées Charleville-Mézières, Charleville-Mézières, France.

Commemorative issue

Government of national defense of 1870Automatically translated

Obverse

Head of Liberty on the left. Legend around and date below.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
4 SEPT- 1870

Reverse

Circular legend and in the field, a list of names on 12 horizontal lines, and handshake in exergue. On the sides, a level on the left and a Phrygian cap on the right.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOUVERNEMENT DE LA DEFENSE NATIONALE
GENERAL TROCHU / EMM. ARAGO / CREMIEUX / J. FAVRE / J. FERRY / GAMBETTA / GARNIER-PAGES GLAIS. BIZOIN / E. PELLETAN / E. PICARD / ROCHEFORT / J. SIMON.

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1870 

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