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E-auction 481-392462 - fme_661224 - THE CONVENTION Médaille, Marquis de Dampierre

THE CONVENTION Médaille, Marquis de Dampierre AU
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Estimate : 80 €
Price : 37 €
Maximum bid : 55 €
End of the sale : 04 July 2022 18:26:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Médaille, Marquis de Dampierre
Date: 1793
Metal : copper
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GAYRARD Raymond (1777-1858)
Weight : 37,06 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène présentant des coups et rayures. La médaille présente des marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs

Obverse


Obverse legend : A. H. M. P. DAMPIERRE G.AL - EN CHEF DES ARMÉES FRANC.SE.
Obverse description : Buste à droite du général Dampierre, les cheveux noués par un ruban sur la nuque, signé : GAYRARD F. / D. GAVENELL-GEANNY E.DIT.

Reverse


Reverse legend : VALMY / JEMMAPES / LIEGE / BOIS DE VICOIGNE / - / NÉ À PARIS EN 1756 / TUÉ D’UN BOULET / EN 1793..
Reverse description : Légende en 7 lignes dans une couronne de chêne et de lauriers.

Commentary


Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre, dit le « marquis de Dampierre », né le 19 août 1756 à Paris et mort le 9 mai 1793 à Valenciennes, est un général de la Révolution française..

Historical background


THE CONVENTION

(21/09/1792-26/10/1795)

The Republic was proclaimed on September 22, 1792 by the Convention. France declares war on England, Holland and Spain in February and March 1793. The first coalition against France is made up of England, Holland, Austria, Russia, Spain , Prussia, Austria and Savoy. The French annex the Rhineland and Basel. Dumouriez, beaten at Neerwinden on March 18, decreed of accusation, goes over to the enemy. On March 10, 1793, the Revolutionary Tribunal was set up, then the Public Safety Committee on April 6. Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. The end of the government of the Girondins on May 31 and June 2 brought their trial and execution on October 31. This is the beginning of the federalist movement in the provinces. Marseilles is taken on August 25 and Lyons on October 17. The Vendeans, who had taken Saumur on June 9, were crushed at Cholet on October 17. The mass levy was decreed on August 23. On September 5, the Convention establishes the Terror.

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