fme_857717 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille, Noces d’or
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Type : Médaille, Noces d’or
Date: 1901
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 43,02 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, de l’usure sur certains reliefs. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Blason coiffé d’un heaume de chevalier lambrequiné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) ALFRED WESTPHAL. AMELIE CASTELNAU // CINQUANTENAIRE / DE LEUR UNION / - / 20 MARS / 1851-1901 / - / TE DEUM / LAUDAMUS / - / VILLA-LOUISE / MONTPELLIER.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 8 lignes.
Commentary
La médaille, conservée dans un écrin marron à liseré doré à feutrine et soie verte, timbrée en lettres dorées LE MEDAILLIER - 13 RUE DU CONSERVATOIRE / PARIS, a été décernée aux époux : Alfred Westphal (1831-1906) et Amélie Castelnau (1833-1908)
cf. https://www.lexilogos.com/famille/castelnau.htm.
The medal, kept in a brown case with a gold border in felt and green silk, stamped in gold letters LE MEDAILLIER - 13 RUE DU CONSERVATOIRE / PARIS, was awarded to the spouses: Alfred Westphal (1831-1906) and Amélie Castelnau (1833-1908) cf. https://www.lexilogos.com/famille/castelnau.htm
cf. https://www.lexilogos.com/famille/castelnau.htm.
The medal, kept in a brown case with a gold border in felt and green silk, stamped in gold letters LE MEDAILLIER - 13 RUE DU CONSERVATOIRE / PARIS, was awarded to the spouses: Alfred Westphal (1831-1906) and Amélie Castelnau (1833-1908) cf. https://www.lexilogos.com/famille/castelnau.htm
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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