FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). National Assembly identity medal, after Gayrard, the deputy Adolphe Thiers of the Seine department MDCCCLXXVI (1876), Paris. FRENCH REPUBLIC. Bust laurelled and topped with the remains of the lion of Nemea on the right; below, signature GAYRARD SCULPT. Rv. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES / * (date) *. Within an oak wreath, central round cartouche. Launay p.108 ; Silver - 65,35 g - 51 mm - 12 h With attribution in relief: THIERS (SEINE). Hallmarks (bee) SILVER. Slightly scratched on the reverse. Superb. Adolphe Thiers was Minister several times from 1832, President of the Council of Ministers in 1848, and several times deputy between 1830 and 1877. He became President of the Republic in 1871 before Mac-Mahon was elected in 1873. He returned to the Chamber of Deputies after his presidency in 1876 until his death in May 1877.