Bronze Medal, Paris. 1996.999.237

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Length: 51
  • Length: 36

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Rectangular

• Authority

  • Artist: Nocq, Henry

• Geographic

  • Place of Production: Paris
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: France
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Third French Republic

References

• Reference: AoD 6185.141517.2.a
• Reference: Phagan.vanAlfen.2017.no.10

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1996.999.237
• Lot: 1996.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Nocq sculpted his medal after drawings by|�Oncle Hansi� (Jean-Jacques Waltz, 1873�|1951), a noted French Alsatian artist whose|satirical drawings of Germans led to his|arrest and trial in Leipzig in July 1914. After|the war broke out, he managed to escape to|France where he joined the French Army as a|translator.

Subjects

• Event: Battle of MulhouseBattle of LorrainePlan XVII

Rights

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