MEDAL 1871 "VERTUE ET PAIX" - French Republic - - Lot 315

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MEDAL 1871 "VERTUE ET PAIX" - French Republic - - Lot 315
MEDAL 1871 "VERTUE ET PAIX" - French Republic - Round copper medal 30 mm, 10.40 gr - at the top bust of the Republic on a pedestal with the words "VIRTUTE ET PACE" - on the reverse in a wreath of oak leaves "La France a vaincu l'anarchie le brigandage et les pétrolistes . Mai 1871". Very fine uncirculated condition with original gold mint chip. 1870/1871 The terrible years of the Commune and the proclamation of its failure and the return of order. A medal that recalls the period when a united France was "on fire and bloody" and political divisions, sometimes violent, clashed.
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