fme_729490 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1859
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,65 g.
Edge : lisse + main ARGENT
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire doré présentant les traces d’un nettoyage dans les champs. Petite usure sur les reliefs. Présence de quelques coups
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : GP.
Obverse description : Monogramme gravé dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LOUIS EDMOND MARTIN / GEOFFROY / MARIE PAULINE / PRIGNON / 23 FEVRIER 1859.
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 5 lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Exemplaire décerné aux noms des époux : Geoffroy et Prignon.
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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