Token - League of Patriots

Features

Location France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Year 1882
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.42 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
40158

Obverse

Marianne supporting a wounded soldier and taking his rifle, looking towards the blue line of the Vosges.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIGVE DES PATRIOTES
1870 QVAND
18... MÊME

A. MERCIÉ INV H. DUBOIS INC

Reverse

Vertical sword planted on a wall and serving as a flagpole, a cathedral in the background, probably that of Strasbourg.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QVI VIVE ? FRANCE !
L
D P
MAI 1882

Edge

(horn) BRONZEAutomatically translated

Lettering: BRONZE

Mint

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

Comments

A political movement of great importance, see the beginning of its very long article in wikipedia "The League of Patriots is the first mass party to be structured in France. This pioneer movement of French nationalism was founded on May 18, 1882 by Paul Déroulède. Initially composed of moderate republicans (such as Victor Hugo), the league, after numerous splits, supported General Boulanger. Dissolved in March 1889, the league was reborn in 1897 before the Dreyfus affair broke out. It won back Paris from the anti-Dreyfus camp but remained weakened. It therefore develops a militarism and a patriotism. Nevertheless, it quickly evolved into an organization hostile to the parliamentary republic, anti-Semitic and xenophobic.Automatically translated

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1882  (fr) Monnaie de Paris

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