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Live auction - fme_1141330 - REUNION ISLAND Médaille, Exposition de l’agriculture et de l’industrie, Ile de la Réunion, 5e classe

REUNION ISLAND Médaille, Exposition de l’agriculture et de l’industrie, Ile de la Réunion, 5e classe AU
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Type : Médaille, Exposition de l’agriculture et de l’industrie, Ile de la Réunion, 5e classe
Date: (1853)
Mint name / Town : 97 - La Réunion
Metal : copper
Diameter : 51 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver CAQUE Armand Auguste (1793-1881)
Weight : 62,12 g.
Edge : lisse + main CUIVRE
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et CUIVRE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation

Obverse


Obverse legend : NAPOLEON III - EMPEREUR.
Obverse description : Tête nue de profil à gauche. Signé : CAQUE. F.

Reverse


Reverse legend : EXPOSITION DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE L’INDUSTRIE - * // ILE / DE LA REUNION / - / 5.EME CLASSE.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes.

Commentary


Médaille non décernée
Nous avons choisi d’indiquer la date de la première exposition coloniale à la Réunion instituée par décret du gouverneur (cf. https://univ-reunion.hal.science/hal-03243348v1/document ).

Historical background


REUNION ISLAND

Discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese Mascarenhas, the island became French in 1638. Named Bourbon Island, its concession was given to the East India Company in 1664 then, in 1793, it became Reunion Island. It has been one of the four overseas departments since 1946..

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