fme_1056173 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Connubium Christianum
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Connubium Christianum
Date: 1850
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GAYRARD Raymond (1777-1858)
Weight : 16,89 g.
Edge : gravée : L. C. WATTELIN M. F. BERTRAND LE 27 MAI 1850. + main ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée, présentant une légère usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONNUBIUM CHRISTIANUM.
Obverse description : Prêtre de profil, main gauche levée, bénit de la main droite le couple agenouillé, vêtu à l’antique. Croix sans rayon touchant parfois le listel. signé : GAYRARD F..
Obverse translation : Mariage chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : WB.
Reverse description : Monogramme gravé dans une couronne de feuillages et de fleurs .
Commentary
Médaille décernée au monogramme des époux : XB et à leurs noms :.
Medal awarded with the monogram of the spouses: XB and their names:
Medal awarded with the monogram of the spouses: XB and their names:
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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