Bronze Medal-book of du Motier, Gilbert, Marquis de Lafayette, Philadelphia, PA. 1909.999.135

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Length: 77
  • Length: 47

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal-book

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1911
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Rectangular
• Symbol: J.E.ROINE

• Authority

  • Artist: Roiné, Jules Edouard
  • Issuer: Circle of Friends of the Medallion
  • Maker: Joseph K. Davison's Sons

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

• Obverse

  • Legend: MARIE · JOSEPH · PAVL / YVES · ROCHE · GILBERT · DVMOTIER · / MARQVIS DE LAFAYETTE · / MAJOR·GENERAL·IN·THE·SERVICE·OF / THE· UNITED · STATES · OF · AMERICA / AND · NOBLEST · PATRIOT · OF THE / FRENCH · REVOLVTION
  • Type: Bust l. in Garde nationale uniform wearing the Ordre royale et militaire de Saint-Louis but with- out the Médaille communale des Gardes-françaises for the conquerors of the Bastille; signed in lower right, J · E · ROINE
  • Portrait: du Motier, Gilbert, Marquis de Lafayette

• Reverse

  • Legend: AD · PERPETVAM · REI / MEMORIAM / MCMXI
  • Type: Liberty advancing with sword, flags, eagle, 1776 on rising sun, 1789 in clouds; signed in lower right, J. E. ROINE.

References

• Reference: Noble.223ff.
• Reference: Alexander.2010.5

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1909.999.135
• Lot: 1909.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined