Médaille Laos aux éléphants

Features

Location	France
Ruling authority	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Commemorative medals
Composition	Bronze
Weight	104 g
Diameter	59 mm
Thickness	4.65 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 382858

Commemorative issue

Exposition Coloniale Paris 1931

Obverse

Three elephant heads facing each other with LAOS on top

Script: Latin

Lettering: LAOS

Reverse

A Laotian man and woman sitting on the ground, the man appears to be playing an instrument.
Palm leaves in background

Edge

Plain

Script: Latin

Lettering: "poinçon" BRONZE

© Rapha57280 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

The Indochinese Union (French Indochina) consisted of one colony, Cochinchina (which, along with Annam and Tonkin, formed present-day Vietnam) and 4 protectorates: Tonkin, Annam, Laos and Cambodia.
The Laos Protectorate sub-section features a village on stilts, with a reproduction of the Vientiane pagoda, a red lacquer library and various houses. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_coloniale_internationale

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

L’Union indochinoise (Indochine française) est le regroupement d'une colonie, la Cochinchine (formant, avec l'Annam et le Tonkin, l'actuel Viêt Nam) et de 4 protectorats : le Tonkin, l'Annam, le Laos et le Cambodge.
la sous-section du Protectorat du Laos présente un village sur pilotis composé de la reproduction de la pagode de Vientiane, d'une bibliothèque de laque rouge, de diverses maisons. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_coloniale_internationale

See also

• Elephant
• Music

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