157 - FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRENCH REVOLUTION Set of 7 lead medals, including: - a single-sided medal featuring a left-facing profile of Louis-Philippe d’Orléans, “The Friend of the People,” circa 1789; - a commemorative medal marking the death of Marie-Antoinette, featuring a right-facing profile of the queen with the inscription on the reverse: “Immolated by the R(ieu)r Factieux on October 16, 1793”; - a German medal denouncing the death of King Louis XVI, featuring the king’s left-side profile, with the inscription in German “Der dood von Ludwig XVI König von Frankreich”; - a medal featuring the king’s right-side profile, with the inscription around the edge reading “Louis XVI, last king of a free people, beheaded on January 21, 1793,” - a commemorative medal marking the erection of the Column of Liberty, inscribed “On the ruins of despotism, liberty has risen,” a brass band, engraved on the edge with “J. J. Constans St Esteve, deputy from the Department of Aveyron to the National Assembly, 1791”; - a commemorative medal marking the death of Marie-Antoinette, featuring a left-profile portrait of the queen, inscribed “Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France / Dec(apitated) in Paris / October 14, 1793”; - and a commemorative coin marking the Storming of the Bastille, with a brass ring. France, Revolutionary period. Diameter: 3.4 to 6.2 cm.