fme_1055242 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, La Religion les unit
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Type : Médaille de mariage, La Religion les unit
Date: 1878
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DEPAULIS Alexis-Joseph (1790-1867) / DE PUYMAURIN Jean-Pierre (1757-1841)
Weight : 20,57 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant des frottements dans les champs et de l’usure sur les reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA RELIGION. - LES UNIT..
Obverse description : Couple debout, pieds nus, vêtu à l’antique, époux à gauche, épouse à droite se tenant la main droite devant la Religion qui les unit de ses bras.
Signé : DE PUYMAURIN. DIREX. - DEPAULIS. F.
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Reverse
Reverse legend : H. VERLON / L. BROUSSE / 18 7.BRE 1878.
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 3 lignes dans une couronne de feuillages et de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille attribuée aux époux : Verlon et Brousse.
Medal awarded to the spouses: Verlon and Brousse
Medal awarded to the spouses: Verlon and Brousse
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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