Summary

Medal featuring Marianne (France), by Louis Alexandre Bottee, France, 1899.
Mint: Paris.

Marianne, the personification of the French Republic, wears a helmet featuring the Coq Gaulois ('Gallic Rooster') came to prominence during the French Revolution.
The medal artist was Louis Alexandre Bottee. The reverse was designed by sculptor and engraver Adolphe Rivet 1855-1925, born in Perigueux.

Physical Description

Round bronze medal with Marianne in military dress wearing a helmet in the shape of a rooster on obverse, and a winged female wrapped in a transparent veil holding a wreath in her left hand and an olive branch in her right hand around a central plain circle on the reverse.

Obverse Description

A bust of Marianne in military dress facing right wearing a helmet in the shape of a rooster; sun rising to the right with FRANCE along the edge of medal; below incuse in small lettering, the artist's name, Louis Bottee 99

Reverse Description

Blank circle in centre, with winged female wrapped in a transparent veil holding wreath in left hand and olive branch in right hand at right, and branch at left; below incuse, the artist's name, A. Rivet

Edge Description

Plain

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