fme_1006879 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, La Religion les unit
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Type : Médaille de mariage, La Religion les unit
Date: 1846
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 22,25 g.
Edge : gravée : EUGENE . ONFRAY . FLORENTINE . CAPLET LE 16 NOVEMBRE 1846. + proue ARGENT
Puncheon : Proue ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et quelques coups. Aspect nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA RELIGION. - LES UNIT..
Obverse description : Couple debout, pieds nus, vêtu à l’antique, époux à gauche, épouse à droite se tenant la main droite devant la Religion qui les unit de ses bras..
Reverse
Reverse legend : OC.
Reverse description : Couronne de feuillages et de roses.
Commentary
Médaille décernée aux époux Eugène Onfray et Florentine Caplet.
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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