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fjt_257535 - FRENCH CONSTITUTION - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Médaille de LaFayette 1791

FRENCH CONSTITUTION - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Médaille de LaFayette MS
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Price : 380.00 €
Type : Médaille de LaFayette
Date: (1791)
Date: 1791
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,55 g.
Edge : SE. VEND. A. PARIS. CHEZ. MONNERON (PATENTE’.)
Rarity : R1
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Obverse


Obverse legend : LAFAYETTE DEPUTE A L’ASS. NAT. CONSTITUANTE NE EN 1757 / DUMAREST.
Obverse description : Buste de Lafayette en uniforme à gauche signé DUMAREST.
Obverse translation : (Lafayette, député à l’Assemblée Nationale Constituante, né en 1757).

Reverse


Reverse legend : COLLECTION DES FRANÇAIS PATRIOTES.
Reverse description : IL A COMMANDÉ / LA GARDE NATIONALE / PARISIENNE EN 1789 / 1790 ET 1791 / (un trait).

Commentary


Il existe plusieurs variétés de cette médaille, avec tranche inscrite et lisse. D’après Hennin, p. 196, “La suite de médailles indiquée sur le revers, sous le nom de Collection des Français patriotes, n’a pas été continuée ; cette pièce est la seule qui porte cette indication. Elle a été gravée par Ramberg Dumarest. Il y a six variétés de cette pièce ; les cinq autres sont décrites aux numéros suivants. Ce grand nombre de variétés de la même médaille prouve qu’elle fut très multipliée, et combien était grande alors la popularité dont jouissait M. de La Fayette”.
There are several varieties of this medal, with inscribed and smooth edges. According to Hennin, p. 196, “The series of medals indicated on the reverse, under the name Collection of French Patriots, was not continued; this piece is the only one that bears this indication. It was engraved by Ramberg Dumarest. There are six varieties of this piece; the other five are described in the following numbers. This large number of varieties of the same medal proves that it was very multiplied, and how great was the popularity enjoyed by M. de La Fayette at the time.”

Historical background


FRENCH CONSTITUTION - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

(20/06/1789-21/09/1792)

On June 17, 1789, the "States General" set themselves up as the "National Assembly". On June 20, the deputies of the Third Estate, as well as 149 representatives of the Clergy and 2 of the nobility, meet in the Salle du Jeu de Paume, in Versailles and swear not to separate until the Constitution is written. This is the famous "Oath of the tennis court". On July 9, this assembly became the "National Constituent Assembly". This assembly, which then had 1,200 deputies, sat first at Versailles and then at the Tuileries. From September 3 to 13, it votes the Constitution, which the King accepts. Its mission accomplished, it separated on September 30, 1791. It was immediately replaced by the Legislative Assembly..

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