| Location |
France
|
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1848-1852)
|
| Emperor |
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals |
| Year | 1880 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 21.7 g |
| Diameter | 36 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 29 August 1852 |
| Number | N# 554691 |
Bust on the right of Augustin Bella, first director of the royal agronomic institution at Grignon.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
AUGUSTE BELLA – FONDATr. DE GRIGNON
BORREL
Unabridged legend: Fondateur de Grignon.
Engraver: Alfred Borrel
In a crown of vines, wheat and other plants, 5-line legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ASSOCIATION
DES
ANCIENS ÉLÈVES
DE GRIGNON
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29 AOÛT 1852
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(fr) Poinçon Corne d'abondance de la Monnaie de Paris et inscription en creux "CUIVRE"
Lettering: CUIVRE
© ReneautPL (CC BY)
This medal is also available in silver or gold (very rare). Another alumni medal, issued after 1889, mentions "reconnue d'utilité publique". Today, the Grignon alumni association is called "AgroParisTech Alumni".
In 1826, Charles X bought the Château de Grignon and founded the Institut Royale Agronomique de Grignon to train agricultural engineers, who were welcomed in 1828 by the first director, Auguste Bella. The name of the school changed with the regimes: Ecole Régionale d'Agriculture under the Second Republic, Ecole Impériale d'Agriculture under the Second Empire, Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture under the Third Republic, then Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (ENSAG) from 1960. The latter merged with the Institut National Agronomique in Paris to become the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G). A final merger took place in 2007 with ENGREF in Nancy and ENSIA in Massy to become the school known today as AgroParisTech.
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