fme_792876 - LILLE Médaille de récompense
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Type : Médaille de récompense
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : 59 - Lille
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 48,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 53,48 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
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Métal poreux suite à un nettoyage agressif. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : VILLE DE LILLE.
Obverse description : Écu de la ville de Lille, sous une couronne tourelée et au dessus d’une guirlande de chêne et laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Couronne de chêne.
Historical background
LILLE
The city of Lille has been mentioned in texts since the 11th century. Fortified, it was taken by Philippe Auguste in 1214, by Philippe le Bel in 1297, then it passed to the Dukes of Burgundy after the marriage of Marguerite, daughter of Louis de Male with Philippe le Hardi. Philippe le Bon made it one of his favorite residences and founded the Order of the Golden Fleece there. It then belonged to the Habsburgs and was part of the Spanish Netherlands. Louis XIV seized it during the War of Devolution in 1667 and had it fortified by Vauban. Taken by Prince Eugene in 1708, it was returned to France during the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
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