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Live auction - fme_901708 - GREECE - CONSTANTINE I Médaille, Mérite militaire, 4e classe en bronze

GREECE - CONSTANTINE I Médaille, Mérite militaire, 4e classe en bronze AU
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Estimate : 20 €
Price : 29 €
Maximum bid : 29 €
End of the sale : 14 May 2024 16:21:01
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Médaille, Mérite militaire, 4e classe en bronze
Date: 1917
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 100 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver RIVAUD André (1892-1951)
Weight : 25,19 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec quelques pointes d’oxydation. Légère usure

Obverse


Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC).
Obverse description : Phénix au centre d’une croix, avec deux glaives en sautoir et entouré d’une couronne de laurier.

Reverse


Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC) // 1916-1917.
Reverse description : Légende en 2 lignes, signé : L. SUE / A. A. RIVAUD // SALONIQUE 1917.

Commentary


Diamètre sans bélière : 39 mm
Ruban jaune orangé avec deux bandes noires.
La médaille est conservée dans une boîte bleu pâle à bordure dorée en partie abîmé. Au dos est noté : croix de guerre grecque / Granger.
Cette médaille fait partie de l’ensemble décerné à Charles Picard (1883-1965), professeur d’université et archéologue. Spécialiste de la Grèce antique, il sera directeur de l’École française d’Athènes dans les années 1920, professeur d’archéologie classique à la Faculté des lettres de Paris (1934-1955), il sera également directeur de l’Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie (1937-1961). Il sera élu membre de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres en 1932.
Il sera Commandeur de l’Ordre du Rédempteur (Grèce) et Commandeur de l’Ordre du Dannebrog (Danemark).
cf. https://aibl.fr/academiciens-1663/picard-charles-pierre/

Elle est créée en octobre 1916, à Salonique, par le Gouvernement provisoire républicain de Venizelos. Elle sera confirmée ensuite par le roi Alexandre Ier en juin et octobre 1917. Elle récompense les services éminents rendus à l'occasion du conflit, dans le domaine militaire ou civil. Beaucoup d'officiers (en particulier dans les armées alliées) se la virent décerner.
Diameter without bail: 39 mm Orange-yellow ribbon with two black stripes.
The medal is kept in a pale blue box with a partly damaged gold border.. On the back is noted: Greek War Cross / Granger.
This medal is part of the set awarded to Charles Picard (1883-1965), university professor and archaeologist. A specialist in ancient Greece, he was director of the French School of Athens in the 1920s, professor of classical archaeology at the Faculty of Letters in Paris (1934-1955), and director of the Institute of Art and Archaeology (1937-1961).. He was elected a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres in 1932..
He will be Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) and Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark).
cf. https://aibl. fr/academiciens-1663/picard-charles-pierre/ It was created in October 1916, in Salonika, by the Provisional Republican Government of Venizelos. It was later confirmed by King Alexander I in June and October 1917.. It rewards outstanding services rendered during the conflict, in the military or civilian domain.. Many officers (especially in the Allied armies) were awarded it.

Historical background


GREECE - CONSTANTINE I

(1913-1917 and 1920-1922)

Eldest son of Georges I, he succeeded him in 1913 following his assassination. A supporter of Greece's neutrality in the First World War, he opposed Prime Minister Elefthérios Venizélos, a supporter of the Triple Entente. In 1917, faced with the threat of the Allied forces to bomb Athens, King George I was finally dismissed in favor of his second son Alexander I. In November 1920, Alexander I died following the bite of a monkey. Faced with a serious dynastic crisis, the Greek parliament was forced to recall Georges I. Following the disaster of the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922, the loss of Smyrna and the massacres of the Greek populations in Asia Minor, the king was definitively discredited. The coup of September 11, 1922 put an end to his reign: he was forced to abdicate in favor of his eldest son George II..

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