fme_1056179 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1828
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GAYRARD Raymond (1777-1858)
Weight : 14,73 g.
Edge : gravée : .P. A. MANCEL. A. M. GERARD. MARIES LE 1.ER JUILLET 1828
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant des coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. Beaux reliefs et faible usure
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. signé : GAYRARD.
Obverse translation : Mariage chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MG.
Reverse description : Monogramme gravé dans une couronne de feuillages et de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille décernée au monogramme des époux : MG, et aux noms de Mancel et Gerard.
Medal awarded with the monogram of the spouses: MG, and the names of Mancel and Gerard
Medal awarded with the monogram of the spouses: MG, and the names of Mancel and Gerard
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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