Medal - Charlotte Liberation of Luxembourg
Features
| Location |
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
 |
|---|---|
| Grand duchess |
Charlotte (1919-1964)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1944 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 9.18 g |
| Diameter | 27.35 mm |
| Thickness | 3.22 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 163368 |
| References | Weiller Med# 81 Raymond Weiller; 1979. Les médailles dans l'histoire du pays de Luxembourg: médailles, jetons et insignes = Medals in the History of the Country of Luxembourg. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.Jean Harpes; 1955. Médailles et jetons du pays de Luxembourg: étude historique et descriptive. Éditions du centre, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. |
Obverse
Portrait of the Grand Duchess on the left, signature of the engraver in the nape of the neck, surrounded by an inner graining and the circular legend
Lettering: CHARLOTTE • GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE LUXEMBOURG ✣1944✣
Engraver: Charles Guilbert
Reverse
Luxembourg crowned shield with lion rampant left on a barred field of ten pieces, surrounded by an inner grenetis, the inner legend and the outer legend.
Lettering:
LE PEUPLE • LUXEMBOURGEOIS • RECONNAISSANT • A SES LIBÉRATEURS
MIR • WELLE • BLEIWEN • WAT • MIR • SIN ✣ LUXEMBOURG ✣
Edge
Plain
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)Comments
Medal realized by the artist Charles Guilbert, struck at the Paris mint and put on sale by the Barth jewelry store in Luxembourg city.
This medal also exists in a reduced version with a diameter of 18 mm.
This medal also exists in a reduced version with a diameter of 18 mm.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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