Live auction - fme_937777 - VARIOUS CHARACTERS Médaille, Virgile François Delegorgue

VARIOUS CHARACTERS Médaille, Virgile François Delegorgue AU

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Estimate :	80 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	19 November 2024 15:12:30

Type : Médaille, Virgile François Delegorgue

Date: (1846)

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 74,50 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 195,14 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène, usure sur les reliefs, concrétions marrons sur la surface du revers. Rayures et coups sur la tranche

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste de profil de Virgile François Delegorgue décoré de la légion d’honneur.

Reverse

Reverse legend : V F DELEGORGUE / NE LE 6 MARS 1770 / -.

Reverse description : Inscription en majuscule en deux lignes.

Commentary

Virgile François Delegorgue est chevalier de la légion
d'honneur et ancien commandant de la garde nationale d'Abbeville. Il est né à Abbeville, le 6 mars 1770 et mort le 12 juillet 1846. Il est enterré dans le cimetière de l’église paroissiale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Favières dans la Somme.
Virgile François Delegorgue was a knight of the Legion of Honor and former commander of the National Guard of Abbeville. He was born in Abbeville on March 6, 1770 and died on July 12, 1846. He is buried in the cemetery of the parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Favières in the Somme.