fme_786611 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille, Souvenir de Mariage
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Médaille, Souvenir de Mariage
Date: 1876
Metal : silver
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 32,51 g.
Edge : lisse + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : abeille ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, des frottements dans les champs. Légère usure
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette médaille provient de la Collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOUVENIR DE MARIAGE.
Obverse description : Au centre, un pope bénit un couple vêtu à l’antique, sur un dallage aux carreaux non contigus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : V. P. / 12 JANVIER / 1876.
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 3 lignes dans une couronne de lauriers.
Commentary
La médaille est décernée aux initiales des époux : V. et P..
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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