Lot n° 455
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45 - 55
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FRANCE - large SHOOTING MEDAL "SOCIETE NATIONALE du TIR des - Lot 455
FRANCE - large SHOOTING MEDAL "SOCIETE NATIONALE du TIR des COMMUNES".
Rare 51 mm module bearing the effigy of MAC - MAHON PRESIDENT de la REPUBLIQUE.
On the reverse, bundle of arms, crossed rifles and target under 2 oak-leaf palms.
gilded bronze - 58 grams - Work of the engraver Tasset.
nota 1 : after the defeat of 1870 and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, 3,000 shooting societies were created in France to teach the French how to shoot... and prepare for revenge...
note 2: Count Patrice de Mac Mahon, Marshal of France, born 1808 at Château de Sully, died 1893 at Montcresson. Governor General of Algeria from 1864 to 1870; President of the French Republic from 1873 to 1879. Buried at the Invalides.
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