E-auction 490-400987 - fme_768896 - V REPUBLIC Légion d’Honneur - Chevalier
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 125 € |
| Maximum bid : | 210 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2022 18:19:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Légion d’Honneur - Chevalier
Date: (1870)
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 59 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,95 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Corne 1 (1880 -)
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’un léger nettoyage. Bel état de conservation
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FLEUR) RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Tête de Cérés laurée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HONNEUR ET PATRIE - .29 FLOREAL AN X..
Reverse description : Deux drapeaux français croisés.
Commentary
Dimension de l’étoile : 38 mm, avec la couronne : 59 mm
Corne d’abondance 1 visible sur la bélière.
Star size: 38 mm, with crown: 59 mm Cornucopia 1 visible on the bail
Corne d’abondance 1 visible sur la bélière.
Star size: 38 mm, with crown: 59 mm Cornucopia 1 visible on the bail
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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