Live auction - fme_880406 - SECOND REPUBLIC Médaille, Emile de Girardin, Liberté de la presse
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 45 € |
| Maximum bid : | 45 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 20:05:57 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Emile de Girardin, Liberté de la presse
Date: 1849
Metal : copper
Diameter : 51,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BORREL Maurice Valentin (1804-1882)
Weight : 71,05 g.
Edge : lisse + main CUIVRE
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et CUIVRE
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron hétérogène, présentant des traces de manipulation dans les champs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures. Petite usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : A EMILE DE GIRARDIN LES TRAVAILLEURS - DE LA PRESSE RECONNAISSANS.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche, signé : BORREL 1849..
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) LIBERTE DE LA PRESSE (FLEUR) - COURAGE CIVIL // ASSOCIATION / DU / CAPITAL-TRAVAIL / AU / CAPITAL.ARGENT / 5 MARS 1848.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 6 lignes.
Historical background
SECOND REPUBLIC
(02/24/1848-12/2/1852)
Louis-Napoleon was elected on December 10, 1848 as the first President of the Second Republic. He did not have the right to run again in 1852. Louis-Napoleon decided to make a coup planned for December 2, 1851, the anniversary of the coronation of the Eagle and the commemoration of the Battle of Austerlitz. The coup is ratified by a plebiscite on December 21 with more than 7.5 million YES and only 640,000 NO. Victor Hugo went into exile on December 12. The following year, he will publish "Napoléon le Petit" which will earn Louis-Napoleon, who has become Napoleon III in the meantime, this famous sentence: "Napoleon le Petit by Victor le Grand".
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