SILVER HONOR MEDAL, FIRE PUMP AND MARCHING BAND MANEUVERS CONTEST, MAY 25, 1873, DESAIDE, Third Republic. Item number: 25377-18-sam
Metal: Silver (hallmarked with ARGENT on the edge)
Diameter: 4.601 cm
Weight: 48.5 g
Obverse: Profile portrait of the Roman goddess Ceres. On the sides, the inscription "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE." Signed at the bottom by VAUTHIER GALLE F.
Reverse: Oak wreath with the recipient's name engraved (LE BOURGET); around the wreath, the date "MAY 25, 1873" and the occasion for which the medal was awarded: "FIRE PUMP AND MARCHING BAND MANEUVERS CONTEST." Signed at the bottom by DESAIDE.
France.
Third Republic.
Good condition.
Reference :
25377-18-sam