Ministère de la guerre - Communications aériennes 1870 - 1871
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Republic (1870-1940)
|
| Type | Award medals › Military awards |
| Year | 1871 |
| Composition | Silver (.950) |
| Weight | 66.5 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 574338 |
Obverse
(fr) Allégorie féminine assise sur un canon, recevant un pigeon voyageur en train de se poser. Derrière, la ville de Paris et une montgolfière. L'utilisation de pigeons comme outil de communication lors de la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PARIS
1870 - 1871
C. DEGEORGE
Engraver: Charles Degeorge
Reverse
(fr) Cartouche vierge au centre, sur une cage / abri de pigeon voyageur. Fort de Vauban à l’arrière plan.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE
C. DEGEORGE
COMMUNICATIONS AERIENNES
Engraver: Charles Degeorge
Edge
Smooth, cornucopia hallmark and inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ARGENT
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Mint
 |
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Comments
(fr)
Durant la guerre de 1870, particulièrement à l'occasion du siège de Paris, des pigeons voyageurs ont été utilisés par les Français pour communiquer à l'insu de l'occupant prussien.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1871 | |||||||||||||||
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Actual silver weight: 2.031 oz
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