Medal of Strasbourg and the Return of Alsace from France

1918

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 110.78 g, 12:00
Credit Line: Gift of Edward B. Greene, B.A. 1900
Accession Number: 1928.260
Geography: Made in Paris, France
Culture: French
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: ON LES A Soldier standing with head l., golding rifle in r. hand.

Reverse Description: STRASBOURG MDCCCCXVIII View over the town roofs with church spire and bird in foreground.

Provenance

Edward B. Greene, to 1928; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1928–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

medals

Cornucopia and BRONZE stamped on edge

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