Live auction - fme_576156 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Général de Gaulle, président de la République Française
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Général de Gaulle, président de la République Française
Date: 1973
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 80,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver COËFFIN Josette Hébert (1906-1973)
Weight : 234,4 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief : LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE + 1973 + corne BR
Puncheon : corne BR
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène. La médaille présente quelques taches noires. Marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : .GENERAL DE GAULLE. - PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Tête du général à droite. Signé : J. H. COEFFIN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FRANCE.
Reverse description : Inscription sur une croix de Lorraine posée dans un V ouvert.
Commentary
La médaille est conservée dans une boîte cartonnée recouverte d’un simili cuir bordeaux, à intérieur en soie blanche et feutrine bordeaux de la Monnaie de Paris.
The medal is kept in a cardboard box covered with burgundy imitation leather, with a white silk interior and burgundy felt from the Monnaie de Paris.
The medal is kept in a cardboard box covered with burgundy imitation leather, with a white silk interior and burgundy felt from the Monnaie de Paris.
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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