fme_640292 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1912
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 10,83 g.
Edge : gravée : 3 FEVRIER 1912 + corne 1ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Restes de bélière sur la tranche à 12 heures. Exemplaire présentant plusieurs coups et rayures. Traces d’un léger nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Un couple d’époux, vêtus à l’antique, se serrent la main devant un autel orné d’une couronne et d’un flambeau. A l’exergue signature : MONTAGNY F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LG.
Reverse description : Initiales gravées dans une couronne fermée de fleurs .
Commentary
Exemplaire aux initiales LG pour le 3 février 1912.
example with the initials LG for February 3, 1912
example with the initials LG for February 3, 1912
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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