fme_1001572 - GUADELOUPE Médaille, Bicentenaire de la fondation de Pointe-à-Pitre
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Type : Médaille, Bicentenaire de la fondation de Pointe-à-Pitre
Date: 1965
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 68,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 150,22 g.
Edge : lisse + 1968 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches noires d’oxydation. Petite usure
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Proue de navire sous un blason. Vue sur l’île à l’horizon. Signé : R. CLERMONT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BICENTENAIRE DE LA FONDATION DE LA VILLE DE POINTE-A-TITRE - .1765-1965..
Reverse description : Carte de la Guadeloupe, étoile du vent au centre.
Historical background
GUADELOUPE
Guadeloupe was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493. Occupied by the French from 1636, Colbert acquired it in 1664 and ceded it to the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales. Guadeloupe became a Crown colony in 1674 then was occupied several times by the English between 1756 and 1802. Returned to France by the Peace of Amiens in 1802, it was occupied again in 1810 and remained English until 1813, date it was exchanged to Sweden. Returned to France by the Treaties of Paris in 1814 and 1815, it was not recovered by the royal power until 1816.
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