Lot no. 917
FRANCE - FRANCE Directoire (1795-1799). Medal, second session of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents, by N. M. Gatteaux An V (1797), Paris. Av. RÉPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE. The bundle, surmounted by the bonnet of Liberty, surrounded by two horns of plenty, an olive branch and an oak branch. In the exergue: REPRÉS. DU PEUP./ L'AN V and signature GATTEAUX. Rv. COUNCIL OF THE FIVE HUNDRED. In an ouroboros, on an entablature, with the level behind, tables where one reads: CONSTITUTION DE L'AN TROIS; attribution engraved in the exergue. Hennin 790; Silver - 29 g - 41 mm - 12 h With engraved attribution: J. C. le Maignan. With setting and ribbon (old). With a nice iridescent patina. Superb at Fleur de coin. For Julien Camille Lemaignan (1746-1812), deputy of Anjou from 1789 to 1791 at the Constituent Assembly, then member of the National Convention (1792-1795) and finally of the Council of the Five Hundred from October 26, 1795 to May 20, 1798 for Maine-et-Loire. The session of An V was opened on 1 Prairial An V (20 May 1797) and this medal was awarded to each of the members.
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