fme_1053447 - FRENCH STATE Médaille, Offerte par le Maréchal Pétain
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Type : Médaille, Offerte par le Maréchal Pétain
Date: 1940
Mint name / Town : 03 - Vichy
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 62,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver COGNÉ François (1876-1952)
Weight : 118,28 g.
Edge : lisse + triangle BRONZE
Puncheon : Triangle BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation et quelques marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILIPPE PÉTAIN MARÉCHAL DE FRANCE - CHEF DE L’ÉTAT.
Obverse description : Tête à droite du Maréchal Pétain.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRAVAIL FAMILLE PATRIE // OFFERT PAR LE MARÉCHAL / A / MONSIEUR PAUL SOMPROU.
Reverse description : Trois personnages debout de face, l’un tenant un bébé, l’autre un bouclier et le dernier une pelle avec une enclume et un marteau en arrière plan ; une francisque à l’exergue .
Commentary
Il semblerait que cette médaille ait systématiquement et exclusivement été attribuée aux membres du corps préfectoral. La médaille a été attribuée à Monsieur Paul Somprou.
cf. http://le-chene-et-le-laurier.blogspot.my/2013/01/la-remise-par-le-chef-de-letat-aux-19.html
François Cogné, né le 10 août 1876 à Aubin dans l'Aveyron et mort le 9 avril 1952, est un sculpteur français, auteur de maints portraits officiels. Deux de ses œuvres sont célèbres : la statue de Georges Clemenceau, avenue des Champs Elysées, et le modèle de la borne de la Voie de la Liberté.
Durant la "période de Vichy" et de l'Occupation, il fut le sculpteur officiel de l'État français. Comme on peut le voir sur les photos du groupe, ou sur les listes publiées çà et là, il se refusa à faire le voyage des artistes à Berlin..
It would seem that this medal was systematically and exclusively awarded to members of the prefectural corps. The medal was awarded to Mr. Paul Somprou. cf. http://le-chene-et-le-laurier.blogspot.my/2013/01/la-remise-par-le-chef-de-letat-aux-19.html François Cogné, born on August 10, 1876 in Aubin in Aveyron and died on April 9, 1952, is a French sculptor, author of many official portraits. Two of his works are famous: the statue of Georges Clemenceau, avenue des Champs Elysées, and the model for the boundary stone of the Voie de la Liberté. During the \\\"Vichy period\\\" and the Occupation, he was the official sculptor of the French State. As can be seen from the group's photos, or from the lists published here and there, he refused to make the artists' trip to Berlin.
cf. http://le-chene-et-le-laurier.blogspot.my/2013/01/la-remise-par-le-chef-de-letat-aux-19.html
François Cogné, né le 10 août 1876 à Aubin dans l'Aveyron et mort le 9 avril 1952, est un sculpteur français, auteur de maints portraits officiels. Deux de ses œuvres sont célèbres : la statue de Georges Clemenceau, avenue des Champs Elysées, et le modèle de la borne de la Voie de la Liberté.
Durant la "période de Vichy" et de l'Occupation, il fut le sculpteur officiel de l'État français. Comme on peut le voir sur les photos du groupe, ou sur les listes publiées çà et là, il se refusa à faire le voyage des artistes à Berlin..
It would seem that this medal was systematically and exclusively awarded to members of the prefectural corps. The medal was awarded to Mr. Paul Somprou. cf. http://le-chene-et-le-laurier.blogspot.my/2013/01/la-remise-par-le-chef-de-letat-aux-19.html François Cogné, born on August 10, 1876 in Aubin in Aveyron and died on April 9, 1952, is a French sculptor, author of many official portraits. Two of his works are famous: the statue of Georges Clemenceau, avenue des Champs Elysées, and the model for the boundary stone of the Voie de la Liberté. During the \\\"Vichy period\\\" and the Occupation, he was the official sculptor of the French State. As can be seen from the group's photos, or from the lists published here and there, he refused to make the artists' trip to Berlin.
Historical background
FRENCH STATE
(07/10/1940-08/26/1944)
Born from the collapse of the Third Republic following the French defeat of May-June 1940, the French State was founded by a vote of the Parliament meeting in the National Assembly in Vichy on July 10, 1940. The National Assembly by 569 yes, 80 no and 17 abstentions gives "all powers to the government of the Republic, under the authority and signature of Marshal Pétain, for the purpose of promulgating by one or more acts a new constitution of the 'French State". This constitution must "guarantee the rights of Work, Family and Fatherland". By six acts of 1940, the presidency of the Republic is suppressed in favor of Marshal Pétain, head of the French state.. A supreme court of justice is created. Marshal Pétain exercises full power not only governmental but also legislative since he appoints and dismisses ministers, and he appoints to all civil or military jobs.. It also has justice and armed force. It negotiates and ratifies treaties. From 1941, all civil servants must take an oath to the Head of State. A moral and intellectual reform tackles divorce, abortion, alcoholism, prohibits Freemasonry and creates a Jewish Affairs Commissariat. Unions are abolished and replaced by a corporate system. The family is supported and the retirement of workers is instituted. The Montoire interview of October 24, 1940 commits France to the path of collaboration which becomes total from June 1941 with the attacks of the communist resistance.. The French State is also committed alongside Germany in an anti-Bolshevik crusade. After the progressive loss of the Empire, the southern zone is occupied by the Germans causing the scuttling of the fleet in Toulon. With the establishment of the Compulsory Labor Service (S. T. O. ), the resistance sees its ranks increase. The attacks, and their repression, increase while the National Council of Resistance is formed. The landing and the uprisings of the resistance allow the Provisional Government of the French Republic to increase its control. On August 20, 1944, Marshal Pétain was taken to Sigmaringen by the Germans. On the 25th, the Leclerc division was the first to enter Paris in a state of insurrection, thus sounding the death knell of the Vichy regime..
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