fme_1159654 - ALGERIA - FOURTH REPUBLIC Médaille, Électricité et gaz d’Algérie
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Type : Médaille, Électricité et gaz d’Algérie
Date: 1952
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 58,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver LAGRIFFOUL Henri Albert (1907-1981)
Weight : 116,64 g.
Edge : lisse + corne 1 ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine grise avec quelques points d’usure et d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Femme tenant une urne d’où s’écoule l’eau et levant la main vers la foudre. Homme à droite, tenant un bâton, un alambic à l’arrière plan. Signé : LAGRIFFOUL.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ELECTRICITE ET GAZ D’ALGERIE // TRAVAIL // ALCARAZ FRANCOIS / 1952.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes dont un cartouche au nom du récipiendaire.
Commentary
Médaille décernée à François Alcaraz.
Historical background
ALGERIA - FOURTH REPUBLIC
The demonstrations of Algerians, which took place on May 8, 1945, in several towns in the east of the country, were to make it possible to recall their nationalist demands, while taking advantage of the jubilation generated by the victory. In Sétif, after clashes between police and nationalists, the demonstration turned into a riot and the anger of the demonstrators turned against the “French”: 27 Europeans were murdered. The repression of the French army is brutal officially killing 1,500 people among the natives. These massacres are considered by some historians to be the true beginning of the Algerian War..
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