E-auction 308-227245 - fme_528851 - LAFAYETTE (MARIE-JOSEPH-PAUL-ROCH-YVES-GILBERT MOTIER, MARQUIS OF) LE GENERAL LAFAYETTE
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 8 € |
| Maximum bid : | 9 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 March 2019 18:53:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : LE GENERAL LAFAYETTE
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,25 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Aspect hétérogène avec des taches et concrétions
Obverse
Obverse legend : LE GENERAL LAFAYETTE NE EN 7BRE 1757 - COMDT. DE LA GDE. NATLE PARISIENNE EN 1789.
Obverse description : Buste de La Fayette en uniforme à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OBJET TOUR A TOUR D’IDOLATRIE ET DE HAINE ON NE SE RAPELLE (SIC) AUJOURD’HUY QUE SES MALHEURS ET LES SERVICES QU’IL A RENDUS A LA LIBERTE DES DEUX MONDES.
Commentary
Le droit est repris du fameux jeton de la période révolutionnaire, cette petite médaille est probablement de la seconde ou plutôt troisième république, peut-être même du centenaire de sa mort en 1934, ce qu’indiquerait la patine et le rapprochement avec le jeton de 1931 de l’exposition coloniale qui utilise le même buste, voir fjt_04784.
The right is taken from the famous token of the revolutionary period, this small medal is probably from the second or rather third republic, perhaps even from the centenary of his death in 1934, which would indicate the patina and the connection with the 1931 token of the colonial exhibition which uses the same bust, see fjt_04784
The right is taken from the famous token of the revolutionary period, this small medal is probably from the second or rather third republic, perhaps even from the centenary of his death in 1934, which would indicate the patina and the connection with the 1931 token of the colonial exhibition which uses the same bust, see fjt_04784
Historical background
LAFAYETTE (MARIE-JOSEPH-PAUL-ROCH-YVES-GILBERT MOTIER, MARQUIS OF)
(1757-1834)
La Fayette was born in 1757 in the castle of Saint-Roch de Chavagnac (Haute-Loire). Orphaned at the age of thirteen, he finds himself at the head of a great fortune. He was a second lieutenant in the regiment of Noailles, before marrying the second daughter of the Duke of Agen in 1774. He fought alongside the American insurgents and distinguished himself alongside Washington. In 1787 he took part in the Assembly of Notables and in 1789 he was elected deputy of the nobility to the Estates General by the Seneschal of Riom. He was at the origin of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. After the storming of the Bastille, he was elected commander of the bourgeois militia, organized the national guard and had the tricolor corcarde adopted. After the execution of Louis XVI, he left France and was captured by the Austrians and imprisoned in Olmütz. Released in 1797, he returned to France. In 1818 he became deputy for Sarthe. At the time of the July Revolution, he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard and facilitated the accession to the throne of the Duke of Orleans. He died in Paris in 1834.
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