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E-auction 64-30626 - fjt_04137 - LOUIS XVI District de Caen n.d.
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 17 € |
| Maximum bid : | 18 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 July 2014 18:58:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : District de Caen
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DISTRICT DE CAEN LA LOI ET LE ROI.
Obverse description : Dans une couronne de chêne d'un seul tenant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le revers, qui portait les mots LIBERTE et EGALITE a été abrasé et deux trous ont été percés pour utiliser ce jeton de présence comme bouton d'uniforme.
Commentary
Alain Brandon publie deux jetons de ce type pour Auxerre et Alais. Il les considère excessivement rares, ce qui s'explique par leur titulature mentionnant le Roi. Notre exemplaire montre que ce jeton existait pour Caen et qu'il fut "recyclé" en bouton d'uniforme.
Alain Libaud nous complète ces informations : il s'agit d'un bouton d'uniforme de gardes nationaux du Calvados district de Caen. Le modèle ne mentionne pas "LA NATION" , mais uniquement "LA LOI ET LE ROI ". Ce modèle est du 2ème type, 2ème décret du 5 septembre 1790. Là encore l'attache du revers a disparu et pour le réutiliser l'usager l'a percé de deux trous permettant de le fixer. Donc ce n'est pas un jeton. Source de référence : LE BOUTON D'UNIFORME FRANCAIS . LOUIS FALLOU . 1914. (voir troupes bourgeoises et irrégulières pages 227 figure 15, ce modèle ) On raconte que nombres de gardes nationaux rayèrent le mot "roi" sur leurs boutons lorsqu'ils eurent appris la fuite de Louis XVI en son arrestation à Varennes.
Alain Brandon published two tokens of this type for Auxerre and Alais. He considered them excessively rare, which is explained by their title mentioning the King. Our example shows that this token existed for Caen and that it was \\\"recycled\\\" into a uniform button. Alain Libaud completes this information: it is a uniform button of the national guards of Calvados district of Caen. The model does not mention \\\"THE NATION\\\", but only \\\"THE LAW AND THE KING\\\". This model is of the 2nd type, 2nd decree of September 5, 1790. Here again the attachment of the reverse has disappeared and to reuse it the user pierced it with two holes to fix it. Therefore it is not a token. Reference source: THE FRENCH UNIFORM BUTTON. LOUIS FALLOU. 1914. (see bourgeois and irregular troops pages 227 figure 15, this model) It is said that a number of national guards crossed out the word \\\"king\\\" on their buttons when they learned of the flight of Louis XVI during his arrest at Varennes
Alain Libaud nous complète ces informations : il s'agit d'un bouton d'uniforme de gardes nationaux du Calvados district de Caen. Le modèle ne mentionne pas "LA NATION" , mais uniquement "LA LOI ET LE ROI ". Ce modèle est du 2ème type, 2ème décret du 5 septembre 1790. Là encore l'attache du revers a disparu et pour le réutiliser l'usager l'a percé de deux trous permettant de le fixer. Donc ce n'est pas un jeton. Source de référence : LE BOUTON D'UNIFORME FRANCAIS . LOUIS FALLOU . 1914. (voir troupes bourgeoises et irrégulières pages 227 figure 15, ce modèle ) On raconte que nombres de gardes nationaux rayèrent le mot "roi" sur leurs boutons lorsqu'ils eurent appris la fuite de Louis XVI en son arrestation à Varennes.
Alain Brandon published two tokens of this type for Auxerre and Alais. He considered them excessively rare, which is explained by their title mentioning the King. Our example shows that this token existed for Caen and that it was \\\"recycled\\\" into a uniform button. Alain Libaud completes this information: it is a uniform button of the national guards of Calvados district of Caen. The model does not mention \\\"THE NATION\\\", but only \\\"THE LAW AND THE KING\\\". This model is of the 2nd type, 2nd decree of September 5, 1790. Here again the attachment of the reverse has disappeared and to reuse it the user pierced it with two holes to fix it. Therefore it is not a token. Reference source: THE FRENCH UNIFORM BUTTON. LOUIS FALLOU. 1914. (see bourgeois and irregular troops pages 227 figure 15, this model) It is said that a number of national guards crossed out the word \\\"king\\\" on their buttons when they learned of the flight of Louis XVI during his arrest at Varennes
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
The Girondin ministry, formed on March 23, 1792, declared war on April 20 on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, Leopold II. Rouget de Lisle composes the Marseillaise on April 25th. The Fatherland is declared "in danger" on July 11. The Parisians and the Marseillais take the Tuileries and massacre the defenders of the castle, Swiss and noble, the king and his family take refuge near the Assembly. Louis XVI was stripped of his functions and interned in the Temple on August 12. In early September, massacres took place in Parisian prisons, including the Carmelites, and claimed thousands of victims, including the Princess of Lamballe, Marie-Antoinette's friend. Dumouriez and Kellermann won the victory of Valmy over the Prussians on September 20, 1792. The news was quickly known thanks to Chappe's telegraph. The following day, the republic was proclaimed and royalty abolished at the first meeting of the Convention. Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemmapes on November 6 and occupied Brussels. The King's trial begins on December 10. On January 17, he was sentenced to death by a majority vote and was guillotined on January 21, 1793..
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