MARIANNE & ROOSTER / WWI FRENCH PATRIOTIC WW1 SILVERED PENDANT MEDAL by WILLETTE

Fin de la vente : 27/03/2023
Brand : french private mint
Circulated/Uncirculated : Circulated
Composition : Bronze
Country/Region of Manufacture : France
Modified Item : No
Type : Medal

Interesting french WWI era patriotic medalet.
Obverse : allegoric scene figuring Marianne, the french republic emblem beside rooster and legend "l'appel aux armes", signed by Dewambez after a work by Adolphe Willette


Reverse : -

Size : 28 mm or 1,1 inch.

Weight : 8 grams

Metal : silvered bronze

Adolphe Léon Willette (1857 - 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret.