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fme_620797 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur

LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur AU
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Price : 45.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1867
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 24,54 g.
Edge : inscrite : BENJAMIN. VANDELET. ELISE. FOSSIER. 16. DEC.BRE 1867. + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880)
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’un ancien nettoyage avec des traces de manipulation dans les champs
Catalogue references :
Terisse2710H

Obverse

Obverse legend : FIDELITE - BONHEUR.
Obverse description : Couple vêtu à l’antique, prêtant serment devant un autel. Signé : PETIT F..

Reverse

Reverse legend : VF.
Reverse description : Initiales gravées dans une couronne de fleurs.

Commentary

Cet exemplaire est aux noms des époux : Vandelet et Fossier.

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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