fme_838676 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Souvenir
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Souvenir
Date: 1891
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver VERNON (de) Frédéric Charles Victor (1858-1912)
Weight : 10,25 g.
Edge : lisse + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’un léger nettoyage. Petite usure
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette médaille provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : VOS. CUM. PROLE. PIA. BENEDICAT. OMNIPOTENS. DEUS // À L’EXERGUE : SOUVENIR.
Obverse description : Scène de bénédiction, un curé bénit un couple, intérieur d’église en arrière plan. Signé : F. VERNON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : B. G / - / 1891.
Reverse description : Initiales et millésime gravés dans une couronne de chêne et laurier.
Commentary
Médaille décernée aux initiales des époux : B et G.
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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