FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Cast Æ Medal (68mm, 143.30 g, 12h). The First Battle of the Marne, 6-12 September 1914. By Jules-Prosper Legastelois. Dated 1914, but made after 1918.

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FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Cast Æ Medal (68mm, 143.30 g, 12h). The First Battle of the Marne, 6-12 September 1914. By Jules-Prosper Legastelois. Dated 1914, but made after 1918. BATAILLE DE LA MARNE, uniformed conjoined busts of Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, and Joseph Simon Gallieni facing slightly right and set on base inscribed SEPTEMBRE/1914 with J.P. LEGASTELOIS in exergue, and framed by laurel branches / Marianne, holding sword, aloft to right, driving the French armies forward to victory; J.P. LEGASTELOIS in exergue. Edge: (cornucopia) BRONZE . See https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/194864 (for an example donated to the Museum in 1922). Slight rub on the high points. As Issued. With original, slightly damaged, presentation case.


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