Medal - Establishment of the French Republic

Medal - Establishment of the French Republic - obverseMedal - Establishment of the French Republic - reverse

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Features

Location France
Period Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1948
Composition Bronze
Weight 194.84 g
Diameter 72.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
155229

Commemorative issue

Establishment of the French Republic in 1848

Obverse

Head of the Republic on the left as Cérès, goddess of the harvest, wearing a pearl necklace, a double bun and a composite crown of wheat, flowers, olives and olives, oak and acorns, knotted by a ribbon descending on the neck and passing on the forehead where is written the word CONCORDE.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
CONCORDE
E·A·OUDINÉ·F·

Engraver: Eugène-André Oudiné

Reverse

Three allegoric figures

Script: Latin

Lettering:
L'ORDRE·ET·LA·FORCE ETABLISSENT·LA REPUBLIQUE·FRANse
LIBERTE
EGALITE
FRATERNITE
24 FEVRIER 1848
E·A·OUDINÉ·F·

Translation: Order and strength establish the French Republic

Engraver: Eugène-André Oudiné

Edge

Cornucopia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1948) 

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