fme_1055177 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1878
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MERLEY Louis (1815-1883)
Weight : 22,21 g.
Edge : gravée : L MARCHAL A LARUE UNIS + corne ARGENT + LE 23 X.BRE 1898
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Traces de nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Un homme passant l’anneau au doigt de sa femme, vêtus à l’antique, face à un évêque assis portant la mitre et la crosse. Signé : L. MERLEY. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LM.
Reverse description : Monogramme gravé dans une couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille décernée aux noms des époux : Marchal et Larue.
Medal awarded in the names of the spouses: Marchal and Larue
Medal awarded in the names of the spouses: Marchal and Larue
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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