Live auction - fme_575968 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Appel du Général de Gaulle
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| Starting price : | 75 € |
| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 August 2026 20:21:02 |
Type : Médaille, Appel du Général de Gaulle
Date: 1973
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ENGELS Ch.
Weight : 181,6 g.
Edge : lisse + 1973 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de face du Général de Gaulle, signé : CH. ENGELS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : APPEL / 18 JUIN 1940 / DU / GENERAL / DE GAULLE.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes dans le champ, croix de Lorraine à droite.
Commentary
Cette médaille commémore l’appel du 18 juin 1940 fait par le Général de Gaulle. Elle est conservée dans un bel écrin en simili cuir rouge et feutrine rouge également.
This medal commemorates the appeal of June 18, 1940, made by General de Gaulle. It is kept in a beautiful case made of red imitation leather and red felt.
This medal commemorates the appeal of June 18, 1940, made by General de Gaulle. It is kept in a beautiful case made of red imitation leather and red felt.
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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