Live auction - fme_1002623 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Arthur Koestler
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Arthur Koestler
Date: 1984
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BECK Andras (1911-1985)
Weight : 214,20 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE + 1984
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Quelques points d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KOESTLER A.
Obverse description : Buste de face, signé : B sous un V inversé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Personnage, une lanterne à la main, marchant au dessus de divers bâtiments.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans un écrin bleu.
Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) est un romancier, journaliste et essayiste hongrois, naturalisé britannique.
Medal preserved in a blue case. Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) was a Hungarian novelist, journalist and essayist, naturalized British
Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) est un romancier, journaliste et essayiste hongrois, naturalisé britannique.
Medal preserved in a blue case. Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) was a Hungarian novelist, journalist and essayist, naturalized British
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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