fme_617260 - COLLECTION CARS - PILOTS AND INVENTIONS Médaille, René de Knyff
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Type : Médaille, René de Knyff
Date: 1978
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 198,1 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE + 1978
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Légers frottements dans les champs
Obverse
Obverse legend : RENE DE KNYFF 1865-1955.
Obverse description : Buste de face, signé : B. VALDEYRON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VAINQUEUR DU PREMIER TOUR DE FRANCE AUTOMOBILE 1899.
Reverse description : Le coureur au volant de la Panhard et Levassor utilisée pour la course.
Commentary
Exemplaire conservé dans une boîte cartonnée bleue.
René de Knyff (1865-1955) est un pilote automobile franco-belge ayant acquis la nationalité française en 1914.
René de Knyff (1865-1955) est un pilote automobile franco-belge ayant acquis la nationalité française en 1914.
Historical background
COLLECTION CARS - PILOTS AND INVENTIONS
The automobile is a major technological invention that has considerably changed the societies of many countries during the 20th century. It originated in the 19th century during the Industrial Revolution, when technology gave pride of place to the steam engine as a source of energy, to then turn massively towards oil and the internal combustion engine, with the long-neglected competitor the electric motor.
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