SILVER 1838 French Medal - Medallion Railway From Paris To Orleans By A. Bovy
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:34886868 | Certification: Uncertified |
| Composition: Silver | Year: 1838 |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: France | Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated |
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH SILVER MEDAL /MEDALLION Description: Art Nouveau - Commemorative ~ 1838 Railwayfrom Paris toOrléans ~ 1838 Silver medal by Antoine BOVY (Swiss Medalist) Obverse description: LaFrance debout, tenant un caducée et une branche de lierre, chaque main appuyéesur un écu, l'un portant l'inscription LA SEINE, et l'autre LA LOIRE, derrièreelle, locomotives fumantes ; à l’exergue signature A. BOVY F.. Translation...: France standing, holding acaduceus and a branch of ivy, each hand resting on a shield, one bearing theinscription LA SEINE, and the other THE LOIRE, behind it, smoking locomotives;A. BOVY F. signature.
REVERSEReverse legend : CHEMIN / DE FER / DE PARIS / A ORLEANS / LOI DU 7JUILLET / 1838.
Reverse description: Couronneformée de deux branches de chêne et de laurier nouées, inscription en sixlignes au centre : Translation:Crown consisting of two knotted oak and laurel branches, inscription in sixlines in the center: Edge: “ARGENT” - Thename derives from Latin argentum, translated as "silver”. Weight: 24gr or .84 OZ.Diameter: 37mm 1.45669 inchThickness : max 3mm 0.145 inchIs an original period medal, it is not a re-strike.
Historical Description: The railway from Paristo Saint-Germain, opened August 24, 1837, is the origin of the network ofrailroads west from the Law of 9 July 1835. One of the locomotives used Seguin is a 1829 model, the first French locomotive flue. Company Railway West was liquidated in 1909to form part of the network state. On August 31, 1937, forced merger of fivecompanies dealers, North, East, Paris Orleans, PLM, State, Alsace Lorraine gavebirth to the SNCF.
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