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Type : Médaille de Pierre Auguste Adet
Date: 1794
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Genève
Metal : tin
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver FERRIER Pierre
Weight : 23 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Très intéressante médaille avec des traces d’usage et une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : P. AUG. ADET. RESIDENT DE LA REP. FRAN. PRES. DE LA R. DE GENEVE // 1794.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Pierre Auguste Adet.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ELLE EN PRÉSAGE D’AUTRES.
Reverse description : Couronne de chêne dans les nuées.
Commentary
Ce revers est une seconde version pour ce type de médaille ; le graveur ayant trouvé le type de revers trop simple, il grava ce second revers avec la couronne tenue par une main.
Pierre Auguste Adet, né à Nevers le 17 mai 1763, mort à Paris le 19 mars 1834, est un diplomate et un administrateur français.
Chimiste et préparateur de Lavoisier, Pierre Auguste Adet est docteur-régent de la Faculté de médecine de Paris.
Il s'engage dans l'Administration et dans la politique. Grâce à son collègue Jean Henri Hassenfratz, lui aussi préparateur chez Lavoisier, il est nommé par la Convention membre de l'Agence des mines, donc du Corps des mines où il reste peu de temps (du 29 juillet au 22 septembre 1794).
Il est alors nommé ambassadeur aux États-Unis d'Amérique en 1795. Il s'illustre un an plus tard en irritant l'opinion publique américaine lors de la crise opposant les États-Unis et la France à propos des navires sous pavillon neutre. Il quitte ce poste en 1797..
This reverse is a second version for this type of medal; the engraver having found the reverse type too simple, he engraved this second reverse with the crown held by a hand. Pierre Auguste Adet, born in Nevers on May 17, 1763, died in Paris on March 19, 1834, is a French diplomat and administrator. Chemist and Lavoisier's assistant, Pierre Auguste Adet is a doctor-regent of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. He is involved in the Administration and in politics. Thanks to his colleague Jean Henri Hassenfratz, also an assistant at Lavoisier, he is appointed by the Convention as a member of the Mining Agency, therefore of the Mining Corps where he remains for a short time (from July 29 to September 22, 1794). He was then appointed ambassador to the United States of America in 1795. He distinguished himself a year later by irritating American public opinion during the crisis between the United States and France over ships flying neutral flags. He left this post in 1797.
Pierre Auguste Adet, né à Nevers le 17 mai 1763, mort à Paris le 19 mars 1834, est un diplomate et un administrateur français.
Chimiste et préparateur de Lavoisier, Pierre Auguste Adet est docteur-régent de la Faculté de médecine de Paris.
Il s'engage dans l'Administration et dans la politique. Grâce à son collègue Jean Henri Hassenfratz, lui aussi préparateur chez Lavoisier, il est nommé par la Convention membre de l'Agence des mines, donc du Corps des mines où il reste peu de temps (du 29 juillet au 22 septembre 1794).
Il est alors nommé ambassadeur aux États-Unis d'Amérique en 1795. Il s'illustre un an plus tard en irritant l'opinion publique américaine lors de la crise opposant les États-Unis et la France à propos des navires sous pavillon neutre. Il quitte ce poste en 1797..
This reverse is a second version for this type of medal; the engraver having found the reverse type too simple, he engraved this second reverse with the crown held by a hand. Pierre Auguste Adet, born in Nevers on May 17, 1763, died in Paris on March 19, 1834, is a French diplomat and administrator. Chemist and Lavoisier's assistant, Pierre Auguste Adet is a doctor-regent of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. He is involved in the Administration and in politics. Thanks to his colleague Jean Henri Hassenfratz, also an assistant at Lavoisier, he is appointed by the Convention as a member of the Mining Agency, therefore of the Mining Corps where he remains for a short time (from July 29 to September 22, 1794). He was then appointed ambassador to the United States of America in 1795. He distinguished himself a year later by irritating American public opinion during the crisis between the United States and France over ships flying neutral flags. He left this post in 1797.
Historical background
THE CONVENTION
(21/09/1792-26/10/1795)
The Republic was proclaimed on September 22, 1792 by the Convention. France declares war on England, Holland and Spain in February and March 1793. The first coalition against France is made up of England, Holland, Austria, Russia, Spain , Prussia, Austria and Savoy. The French annex the Rhineland and Basel. Dumouriez, beaten at Neerwinden on March 18, decreed of accusation, goes over to the enemy. On March 10, 1793, the Revolutionary Tribunal was set up, then the Public Safety Committee on April 6. Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. The end of the government of the Girondins on May 31 and June 2 brought their trial and execution on October 31. This is the beginning of the federalist movement in the provinces. Marseilles is taken on August 25 and Lyons on October 17. The Vendeans, who had taken Saumur on June 9, were crushed at Cholet on October 17. The mass levy was decreed on August 23. On September 5, the Convention establishes the Terror.
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