WAX SEAL OF THE POPULAR REPUBLICAN SOCIETY OF GIGNAC, Revolution. 31659C

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WAX SEAL OF THE POPULAR REPUBLICAN SOCIETY OF GIGNAC, Revolution. 31659C

Oval-shaped brass plaque measuring 3.2 cm x 2.8 cm, depicting a bundle of fasces with the eye of vigilance on a radiant background framed by two oak leaf branches. Complete with its wooden handle.

France.
Revolution.
Very good condition.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
A Masonic lodge existed in Gignac at the end of the 18th century.
Mills were given by the Bishop of Lodève, Raymond Guillaume, to the Abbey of Saint-Guilhem le Désert in 1189; a misreading of an archive led to the belief that these were the first paper mills in France, while they were actually flour mills.
During the French Revolution, the citizens of the town gathered within the revolutionary society, initially named the "Society of Friends of the Constitution" in December 1791. After the fall of the monarchy, it changed its name to the "Society of Sans-Culottes," then to the "Republican and Regenerated Society." It was highly frequented.

Reference : 31659C

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