E-auction 652-668573 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Gustave Ferrié
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Type : Médaille, Gustave Ferrié
Date: 1968
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 150,84 g.
Edge : lisse + 1968 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Présence de quelques taches d’oxydation et quelques concrétions sur l’avers
Obverse
Obverse legend : G. A. FERRIE. MEMBRE DE L’INSTITUT GENERAL DE DIVISION .
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CENTENAIRE DE / LA NAISSANCE DU / GENERAL FERRIE / 1868 - 1968.
Reverse description : Légende en 4 lignes.
Commentary
Médaille dédiée à Gustave Ferrié (1868-1932), ingénieur et général français, pionnier de la radiodiffusion et de la normalisation des temps et cycles, qui aboutit à la création du Bureau international de l'heure.
Medal dedicated to Gustave Ferrié (1868-1932), French engineer and general, pioneer of radio broadcasting and the standardization of times and cycles, which led to the creation of the International Time Bureau
Medal dedicated to Gustave Ferrié (1868-1932), French engineer and general, pioneer of radio broadcasting and the standardization of times and cycles, which led to the creation of the International Time Bureau
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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