fme_1086443 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Pierre de Coubertin
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Type : Médaille, Pierre de Coubertin
Date: (1962)
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver QUEROLLE Madeleine-Pierre (1914-2014)
Weight : 135,64 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
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Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN RENOVATEUR DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES / 1863 - 1937.
Obverse description : Profil droit du baron Pierre de Coubertin. Signé: MP. QUEROLLE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CITIUS. ALTIUS. FORTIUS.
Reverse description : Le flambeau des Jeux, ayant pour base les cinq anneaux entrelacés, sert d'axe à une composition comprenant cinq athlètes en action disposés en arc de cercle : un sauteur en hauteur effectuant un rouleau ventral, un lanceur de javelot prenant son élan, un lanceur de disques, un coureur arrivant sur le fil et un « hurdler » franchissant une haie.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une boîte cartonnée bordeaux.
Medal preserved in a burgundy cardboard box
Medal preserved in a burgundy cardboard box
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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