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Description: | Medal commemorating the siege of Paris and the French Naval Brigade, 1870. Obverse: The head of Republican France, wearing cap of Liberty (left). Below: two hands clasped and the initials 'E . T .' Legend: 'REPUBLIQUE FRAN�AISE.' Reverse: Inscription in centre, 'LE MARINS DE LA GLOIRE ET DE LA D�VASTATION ONT REPOUSS�S LES PRUSSIENS AVEC UNE GROSSE LOCOMOTIVE BLIND�E LE 2 XBRE 1870.' Legend: 'R�PUBLIQUE FRAN�AISE UNE ET INDIVISIBLE . VIVE LA LIBERT�'.
caption: Medal commemorating the siege of Paris and the French Naval Brigade, 1870; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the siege of Paris and the French Naval Brigade, 1870; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Devastation fl.1870 (French) medals Glory fl.1870 (French) French Naval Brigade | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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