Display Status
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Object Details
Country of Origin
France
Type
AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
Physical Description
Siege of Paris commemorative medal; Obverse: relief profile bust of Lady Liberty, embossed text "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, A LIBERTE EGALITE FRATEERNITE, VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE"; Reverse: embossed text "GUERRE DES FRANCAIS CONTRE LES ALLEMANDS, REPUBLIQUE FRANCse 1870-1871, APRES l'ARMISTICE LES COLLEGES ELECTORAUX SONT CONVOQUES POUS NOMMER UNE ASSEMBLEE Nle POUR TRAITER DE LA PAIX AVEC LA PRUSSE ELECTIONS LE 8 FEV. 1870".
Dimensions
3-D (Diameter x Depth): 7.1 × 0.5cm (2 13/16 × 3/16 in.)
Materials
Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy
Inventory Number
A19720117000
Credit Line
Transferred from the Library of Congress, Science Division
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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