fme_500895 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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Price : 60.00 €
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Price : 60.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1894
Mint name / Town : France
Metal : silver
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 25,27 g.
Edge : lisse + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène avec des traces de nettoyage au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : FIDELITE - BONHEUR.
Obverse description : Couple vêtu à l’antique, prêtant serment devant un autel..
Reverse
Reverse legend : ALBERT ODILE / BERTHE GROSPERRIN / 27 MARS 1894.
Reverse description : Couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille signée PETIT F. avec le poinçon corne, utilisé dès 1880.
Medal signed PETIT F. with the horn hallmark, used from 1880
Medal signed PETIT F. with the horn hallmark, used from 1880
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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