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Live auction - fme_959034 - FRENCH STATE Médaille de reconnaissance, les enfants français à ses hôtes suisses

FRENCH STATE Médaille de reconnaissance, les enfants français à ses hôtes suisses AU
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Estimate : 200 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 08 October 2024 16:03:51
Type : Médaille de reconnaissance, les enfants français à ses hôtes suisses
Date: (1940-1944)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,80 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GUIRAUD Georges (1901-1989)
Weight : 132,32 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène présentant des taches noires d’oxydation. Légère usure
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LES ENFANTS DE FRANCE RECONNAISSANTS / A / LEURS HÔTES / SUISSES // MEDAILLE FRAPPEE A LA DEMANDE / DU / MARECHAL - PETAIN.
Obverse description : Moineaux sur l’écu suisse et sur une branche de chêne.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Femme assise avec un enfant à ses côtés, signé : GEORGES / GUIRAUD.

Commentary


Médaille conservée dans une boîte cartonnée bordeaux avec un carton de la Maison Platt.

Historical background


FRENCH STATE

(10/071940-26/08/1944)

1941 marks a turning point in the war. This is the peak of the collaboration before the replacement of Laval by Darlan. Hitler invades the USSR. The communists, previously pacifists and supporters of sabotage against "capitalist war", go underground. The Americans enter the war in December after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Resistance begins to grow.

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