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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 220 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2026 17:48:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Conseil municipal de Paris
Date: 1953
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 49,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver CHAPLAIN Jules-Clément (1839-1909)
Weight : 64,70 g.
Edge : lisse + corne 1ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, présentant quelques coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE - FRANCAISE.
Obverse description : Tête de Marianne à gauche, la chevelure sous un bonnet phrygien. Signé : J. C. CHAPLAIN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSEIL. MUNICIPAL. DE. PARIS. // FLVCTVAT - NEC - MERGITVR // 1947 - 1953 // FOURNIER- / DELABARRE LOUIS.
Reverse description : Blason de Paris tourelé, des branches de chêne et laurier de part et d’autre. Cartouche à l’exergue. Décorations militaires à l’exergue : Croix de guerre, légion d’honneur et croix du résistant.
Commentary
La médaille a été décernée à Louis Fournier-Delabarre (écrit également : Louis Fournier de la Barre) (1921-1969). Résistant français, compagnon de la Libération, il fut engagé dans les forces françaises libres dès 1940 puis il participa aux combats en Afrique et au Proche-Orient. Démobilisé en janvier 1946, Louis Fournier de la Barre devient ouvrier métallurgiste et exerce parallèlement la fonction de conseiller municipal de Paris de 1947 à 1953. Il se réengagera en 1953 et participera à la guerre d’Indochine.
The medal was awarded to Louis Fournier-Delabarre (also spelled Louis Fournier de la Barre) (1921-1969). A French Resistance fighter and Companion of the Liberation, he joined the Free French Forces in 1940 and fought in Africa and the Middle East. Demobilized in January 1946, Louis Fournier de la Barre became a metalworker and simultaneously served as a Paris city councilor from 1947 to 1953. He reenlisted in 1953 and fought in the Indochina War.
The medal was awarded to Louis Fournier-Delabarre (also spelled Louis Fournier de la Barre) (1921-1969). A French Resistance fighter and Companion of the Liberation, he joined the Free French Forces in 1940 and fought in Africa and the Middle East. Demobilized in January 1946, Louis Fournier de la Barre became a metalworker and simultaneously served as a Paris city councilor from 1947 to 1953. He reenlisted in 1953 and fought in the Indochina War.
Historical background
IV REPUBLIC
(16/01/1947-8/01/1959)
Characterized by a parliamentary regime coupled with great ministerial instability, the Fourth Republic has the particularity of never having been officially proclaimed. Indeed, De Gaulle, when he arrived in Paris on August 25, 1944, refused to do so on the pretext that the Republic had never ceased to exist. Considering that the French State of Marshal Pétain was only a simple state of affairs, he considers that the Republic survived in free France and his birth certificate must then be June 18, 1940. However, his departure, the January 20, 1946, and the referendum of October 13, 1946 approving a new Constitution, mark the official beginning of this republic. It knows two presidents: Vincent Auriol (16/01/1947 - 23/12/1953) and René Coty (23/12/1953 - 8/1/1959). The open crisis caused by the revolt of the army of Algeria leads, in 1958, to its fall which is confirmed by the adoption of a new constitution on September 28, 1958. Nevertheless, it does not cease definitively until the 8 January 1959 when General de Gaulle was installed as President of the Fifth Republic.
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