fme_935393 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Saint Michel Garicoïts
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Type : Médaille, Saint Michel Garicoïts
Date: 1977
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver LAY Georges (1907-1987)
Weight : 154,29 g.
Edge : lisse + 1977 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, petits coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1797. SAINT MICHEL GARICOITS. 1863.
Obverse description : Buste de face du saint. Signé : LAY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FONDATEUR DES PERES DU SACRE- COEUR DE BETHARRAM À L’EXERGUE : BETHARRAM - SAINT- JUST- IBARRE.
Reverse description : Dans le champ, au premier plan, le couvent de Bétharram, qui renferme le tombeau du saint. Au second plan, l’on aperçoit ce dernier gardant des moutons, comme il le fit sans sa jeunesse, en son pays natal dont le nom s’inscrit autour de cette évocation.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une boîte bleue cartonnée.
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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