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La meilleure des Républiques, 1848, large bronze box-medal with the bust of the Republic on the left wearing the Phrygian cap "VOILA LA MEILLEURE DES REPUBLIQUES", on the reverse, in the centre of an oak wreath "JUS DIVINUM SALUS POPULI", inside nine small gilt bronze medals set in a white metal frame. In the center, "HENRI DE FRANCE", head to the right, on the reverse three lilies "AVENIR PROSPERITE", 18 mm. Around, eight small medals: Henri IV right, on reverse "BONTÉ VALEUR"; Louis XVIII left, "GENIE SCIENCE"; Charles X left, "PIÉTÉ POPULARITÉ"; Duke of Angouleme left, "DROITURE GENEROSITÉ" ; Duchess of Angouleme on the right, "INFORTUNE FERMETÉ"; Duke of Berry on the left, "MALHEUR FATALITÉ"; Duchess of Berry on the right, on the reverse "DOUCEUR HUMANITÉ"; Madame de Chambord on the left, "ESPRIT ÉRUDITION", 10 mm. BC.341 56 mm France, circa 1848. TTB
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La meilleure des Républiques, 1848, large bronze box-medal with the bust of the Republic on the left wearing the Phrygian cap "VOILA LA MEILLEURE DES REPUBLIQUES", on the reverse, in the centre of an oak wreath "JUS DIVINUM SALUS POPULI", inside nine small gilt bronze medals set in a white metal frame. In the center, "HENRI DE FRANCE", head to the right, on the reverse three lilies "AVENIR PROSPERITE", 18 mm. Around, eight small medals: Henri IV right, on reverse "BONTÉ VALEUR"; Louis XVIII left, "GENIE SCIENCE"; Charles X left, "PIÉTÉ POPULARITÉ"; Duke of Angouleme left, "DROITURE GENEROSITÉ" ; Duchess of Angouleme on the right, "INFORTUNE FERMETÉ"; Duke of Berry on the left, "MALHEUR FATALITÉ"; Duchess of Berry on the right, on the reverse "DOUCEUR HUMANITÉ"; Madame de Chambord on the left, "ESPRIT ÉRUDITION", 10 mm. BC.341 56 mm France, circa 1848. TTB
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