Project for an Award Medal for the Schools of the French Republic
Date
1886Period
19th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This design for a medal was executed by Oscar Roty in 1886 and was intended as a prize medal for schools of the French Republic. The piece in white Sèvres biscuit depicts a helmeted woman with cuirass, as a symbol of the Republic. An appropriate reverse was engraved for each occasion. In 1895, this unchanged design was used as the…
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This design for a medal was executed by Oscar Roty in 1886 and was intended as a prize medal for schools of the French Republic. The piece in white Sèvres biscuit depicts a helmeted woman with cuirass, as a symbol of the Republic. An appropriate reverse was engraved for each occasion. In 1895, this unchanged design was used as the obverse for a piece concerning the Fifth Congress of the Prison Service, with a view of Paris on the reverse and an adapted inscription.
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