fme_1055172 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
50.00 €(Approx. 56.50$ | 42.50£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: n.d.
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DE PUYMAURIN Jean-Pierre (1757-1841)
Weight : 15,33 g.
Edge : lisse + proue ARGENT
Puncheon : Proue (1842 - 1845) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Belle médaille dorée, présentant des taches d’oxydation. Traces de frottement au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FIDELITE - BONHEUR.
Obverse description : Couple, vêtu à l’antique, face à face, joignant leurs mains droites au-dessus d’un autel orné d’une croix, l’époux est à gauche, l’épouse à droite. Au-dessus, un génie ailé répand des fleurs.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Couronne feuillue exclusivement composée de roses.
Commentary
Médaille non décernée .
Medal not awarded
Medal not awarded
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
