medal
- Museum number
- 2003,0707.55
- Description
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Struck bronze medal. (whole)
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Portrait of the statesman Georges Clemenceau, half-length, in profile to left, seated in an armchair, wearing spectacles and a cap and thick jacket, reading a paper. (obverse)
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Interior of the college, with young women and girls learning milinery and making hats, gathered around a table with hats on stands, some of the women addressing, and one woman saluting, a central figure, possibly Jeanne Taty. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1921
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 40 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- George Cléémenceau was the honorary President and Patron of the Ecole Cléémenceau, founded by Jeanne Taty, for war-orphaned girls and other women, offering apprenticeships in sewing, fashion, etc.
(Information from a photograph online, http://www.parisenimages.fr/fr/galerie-collections/1970-7-lecole-clemenceau-ecole-dapprentissage-orphelines-guerre-pupilles-nation-1919-1920; accessed on 5/10/2017)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: First World War 1914-1918
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 2003,0707.55
