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Mint:
Paris
State:
France
Die-engraver:
Dubois, A.
Mint:
Colmar, Paris
Some time after the Allied victory in the Great War it was decided to issue a gallantry medal (in bronze) for all those French servicemen who had escaped from enemy captivity during the hostilities. The award, of which this is one, was made in 1926. Its recipient in this case, who is unnamed, must have been unfortunately short of money, because Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin only the next year, in 1927.
History note: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin 1927
Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009
Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 14.54 g
Method of acquisition: Given (2009) by Watson, Lester
Production date: AD 1926
Inscription present: Bust of Marianne with oak-leaf wreath facing left
Inscription present: Wreath circling inscription
Accession number: CM.1230-2009
Primary reference Number: 141324
Watson Catalogue: 124
Ordering: M-0113
Previous object number: LW.0113
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Médaille des Évadés" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/141324 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:09:44
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