fme_370846 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : France
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 14,2 g.
Edge : lisse + main ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille en très bon état avec une agréable patine irisée
Obverse
Obverse legend : QUE L’HOMME DONC NE SEPARE / PAS CE QUE DIEU A UNI // S. MATHIEU CHAPP. XIX.
Obverse description : Coupe échangeant ses voeux devant un autel.
Reverse
Reverse description : Couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille non attribuée et non datée, sans monogramme au revers et sans inscription sur la tranche. Avec ce poinçon main, cette médaille peut dater de 1845 à 1860.
Unattributed and undated medal, without monogram on the reverse and without inscription on the edge. With this hand mark, this medal could date from 1845 to 1860
Unattributed and undated medal, without monogram on the reverse and without inscription on the edge. With this hand mark, this medal could date from 1845 to 1860
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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