fme_869321 - V REPUBLIC Légion d’Honneur - Commandeur
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Légion d’Honneur - Commandeur
Date: (1870)
Metal : gold plated silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 118 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 68,71 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Corne 1*
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, aspect nettoyé, notamment sur le médaillon central. Traces d’utilisation
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FLEUR) RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Tête de Cérés laurée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HONNEUR ET PATRIE - 29 FLOREAL AN X.
Reverse description : Deux drapeaux français croisés.
Commentary
Dimension de l’étoile sans la couronne : 58 mm ; couronne et sa bélière : 36 mm.
Poinçon corne d’abondance sur la bélière de l’étoile.
Exemplaire en vermeil et émail.
La médaille a conservé son ruban rouge et est conservée dans un écrin rouge de la Monnaie de Paris.
Dimensions of the star without the crown: 58 mm; crown and its bail: 36 mm. Cornucopia hallmark on the bail of the star. Silver-gilt and enamel copy. The medal has retained its red ribbon and is kept in a red case at the Monnaie de Paris.
Poinçon corne d’abondance sur la bélière de l’étoile.
Exemplaire en vermeil et émail.
La médaille a conservé son ruban rouge et est conservée dans un écrin rouge de la Monnaie de Paris.
Dimensions of the star without the crown: 58 mm; crown and its bail: 36 mm. Cornucopia hallmark on the bail of the star. Silver-gilt and enamel copy. The medal has retained its red ribbon and is kept in a red case at the Monnaie de Paris.
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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