fme_871586 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Bicentenaire de la Révolution, Valmy
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Type : Médaille, Bicentenaire de la Révolution, Valmy
Date: 1989
Mint name / Town : 75 - Paris
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 77 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver LÉCUYER Pierre (1933-
Weight : 234,36 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BR
Puncheon : corne BR
Coments on the condition:
Taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : VALMY / 20 SEPTEMBRE 1792.
Obverse description : Scène de bataille. Signé : P. LECUYER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BICENTENAIRE / DE LA / RÉVOLUTION / FRANÇAISE.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes horizontales.
Commentary
La bataille de Valmy également appelée bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune est la première victoire décisive de l'armée française pendant les guerres de la Révolution ayant suivi le renversement de la monarchie des Bourbons. Elle eut lieu le 20 septembre 1792 lorsqu'une armée prussienne commandée par le duc de Brunswick essaya de marcher sur Paris. Les généraux François-Christophe Kellermann et Charles-François Dumouriez réussirent à stopper l'avance prussienne près du village de Valmy situé à l'est de Paris, en Champagne-Ardenne..
The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Battle or Affair of Camp de la Lune, was the first decisive victory of the French army during the Revolutionary Wars following the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy. It took place on September 20, 1792, when a Prussian army commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. Generals François-Christophe Kellermann and Charles-François Dumouriez succeeded in halting the Prussian advance near the village of Valmy, located east of Paris in Champagne-Ardenne.
The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Battle or Affair of Camp de la Lune, was the first decisive victory of the French army during the Revolutionary Wars following the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy. It took place on September 20, 1792, when a Prussian army commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. Generals François-Christophe Kellermann and Charles-François Dumouriez succeeded in halting the Prussian advance near the village of Valmy, located east of Paris in Champagne-Ardenne.
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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