E-auction 670-704041 - fme_1097918 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Incendie de la cathédrale de Reims
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 8 € |
| Maximum bid : | 21 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 February 2026 20:33:40 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Incendie de la cathédrale de Reims
Date: 1914
Mint name / Town : 51 - Reims
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BLIN Édouard Pierre (1877-1946)
Weight : 60,09 g.
Edge : Lisse + Corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Quelques taches d’oxydation. Fines rayures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA CATHEDRALE DE REIMS VICTIME DU VANDALISME 1914.
Obverse description : La cathédrale de Reims en feu. Blason sur palme à l’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
La cathédrale de Reims a été qualifiée de « cathédrale martyre » car, en 1914, peu après le début des hostilités, elle commence à être bombardée par les Allemands. Les premiers obus tombent sur la ville de Reims et sur la cathédrale le 4 septembre 1914, juste avant l'entrée dans la ville des troupes allemandes. En urgence, les abbés Jules Thinot et Maurice Landrieux installent un drapeau blanc pour faire cesser les bombardements.
Reims Cathedral was called the \\\"martyr cathedral\\\" because, in 1914, shortly after the start of hostilities, it began to be bombarded by the Germans. The first shells fell on the city of Reims and the cathedral on September 4, 1914, just before the German troops entered the city. As a matter of urgency, Abbots Jules Thinot and Maurice Landrieux erected a white flag to stop the bombardments.
Reims Cathedral was called the \\\"martyr cathedral\\\" because, in 1914, shortly after the start of hostilities, it began to be bombarded by the Germans. The first shells fell on the city of Reims and the cathedral on September 4, 1914, just before the German troops entered the city. As a matter of urgency, Abbots Jules Thinot and Maurice Landrieux erected a white flag to stop the bombardments.
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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