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medal / cravat-pin

• Object type

  • medal
  • cravat-pin

• Museum number

  1978,1002.972

• Description

  Cravat-pin in brass set with a gold medal of a man wrestling with an eagle and an inscription.

• Producer name

  • Made by: Lalique

• Date

  • 1915

• Production place

  • Made in: France
  • (Europe,France)

• Materials

  • gold
  • brass

• Technique

  • engraved

• Dimensions

  • Diameter: 1.8 centimetres (medal)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      inscription

    • Inscription Language

      French

    • Inscription Content

      LE POILU 1915/ LE PARLEMENT/ LALIQUE

• Curator's comments

  Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 370:
  Designed by René Lalique (1860-1945). Poilu, literally meaning hairy, was a colloquial term for soldiers in the First World War. The spread eagle is an emblem of Germany. Parliament designated 25-6 December 1915 as 'Journee du Poilu' and various badges and medals were made for the occasion.(Charlotte Gere)

  Originally wrongly described in the catalogue as gold.

  More 

• Bibliography

  • Gere et al 1984 370

• Conservation

  See treatments 

  Treatment date

  25 March 1994

  Treatment proposal

  Remove tarnish

  Condition

  1984 Dirty . Some black substance in decoration, possibly original CRE 1991 Black deposits PMP 1994 ??

  Treatment details

  1984 Cleaned with 1%Synperonic N (non ionic detergent,nonylphenol ethylene oxide condensate) in tap water. Rinsed with tap water. Dried with paper tissues.CRE 1991 Removed black substance with Acetone and IMS PMP

  About these records 

• Subjects

  • wrestling/wrestler
  • bird

• Associated places

  • Emblem of: Germany
  • (Europe,Germany)

• Associated events

  • Commemoration of: First World War

• Acquisition name

  • Donated by: Prof John Hull Grundy
  • Donated by: Anne Hull Grundy

• Department

  Prehistory and Europe

• Registration number

  1978,1002.972

• Additional IDs

  • HG.972 (masterlist number)