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Medal
French
1871
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 31 mm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number29.217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal.
Obverse: Beaded rim; enclosed in wreath made of two different branches, a standing rifleman; inscribed above "DEFENSE NATIONALE", across field "1870 1871/AIME/MILLET/SCULP[ ]" and "EMILE/SOLDI/GRAVE".
Reverse: Inscribed "ARDECHE/EURE LANDES/LOIRE-INFÉRIEURE/---/CALVADOS.MORBIHAN/BASSES-PYRÉNÉES/SEINE-INFÉRIEURE/-SEINE.SEINE-ET-OISE/&&&".
Obverse: Beaded rim; enclosed in wreath made of two different branches, a standing rifleman; inscribed above "DEFENSE NATIONALE", across field "1870 1871/AIME/MILLET/SCULP[ ]" and "EMILE/SOLDI/GRAVE".
Reverse: Inscribed "ARDECHE/EURE LANDES/LOIRE-INFÉRIEURE/---/CALVADOS.MORBIHAN/BASSES-PYRÉNÉES/SEINE-INFÉRIEURE/-SEINE.SEINE-ET-OISE/&&&".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed above "DEFENSE NATIONALE", across field "1870 1871/AIME/MILLET/SCULP[ ]" and "EMILE/SOLDI/GRAVE".
Reverse: Inscribed "ARDECHE/EURE LANDES/LOIRE-INFÉRIEURE/---/CALVADOS.MORBIHAN/BASSES-PYRÉNÉES/SEINE-INFÉRIEURE/-SEINE.SEINE-ET-OISE/&&&".
Reverse: Inscribed "ARDECHE/EURE LANDES/LOIRE-INFÉRIEURE/---/CALVADOS.MORBIHAN/BASSES-PYRÉNÉES/SEINE-INFÉRIEURE/-SEINE.SEINE-ET-OISE/&&&".
ProvenanceBy 1929, Wolf Kostakowsky, Mattapan, MA; 1929, sold by Kostakowsky to the MFA for $518 [see note 1]. (Accession date: January 17, 1929)
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.