medal
- Museum number
- 1978,0712.53
- Description
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Rectangular struck bronze medal with arched top. (whole)
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A young woman to left, her upper half naked, her lower half covered by drapery, wearing a laurel crown, seated three-quarters to right on a bench, her head facing front, holds up a laurel branch in her right hand and the British and French flags in her left hand, a banderole across the flagpoles inscribed "FRANCAIS EXPOSITION" and on the ground to right, a shield with the coat-of-arms of the French Republic, inscribed "RF" and another with the coat-of-arms of Britain; in the foreground to right two roses with a banderole inscribed "A L'ETRANGER", in the background to left rays of light and to right an aerial view of the exhibition buildings. (obverse)
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Britain as a young woman to left, draped and wearing a crown over a veil, seated in profile to right on a low wall at the edge of a wavy sea with seagulls flying above the surface, raises a laurel and an oak branch in her left hand, her right hand holding the hand of France as a young woman to right, draped, her hair loose, wearing the Cap of Liberty and a breastplate with the French cockerel on it, seated among clouds, her lower half turned to right, her upper body to left, her left arm resting on a fasces. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1908
- Dimensions
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Height: 69 millimetres (maximun)
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Width: 57 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- In 1904, France and Britain signed the Entente Cordiale. In 1908, a Franco-British exhibition was held in London to promote exchanges between the two countries. The medal was commissioned by the French Committee for Foreign Exhibitions.
For another example of this medal, see 1978,0707.8.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Franco-British Exhibition, London 1908
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1978,0712.53
