1592984522000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141555 1747245965840 1711380514000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141555 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141555 3daac4a3-55cc-36b6-b74e-7ccb6a7042dd 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals Many of the medals currently on issue in France date back to the reign of Emperor Napoléon III, in whose time France renewed its international rôle in politics without the ignominy of defeat that it had endured under Napoleon I. One such decoration is the Médaille Militaire, which was instituted in 1852 (within days of the then-President Louis Napoléon arrogating supreme power to himself), to be awarded to any junior officer or enlisted man who distinguished himself by an act of bravery. Commissioned officers cannot be awarded the medal in these circumstances, but a variant of it is awarded to generals for leadership. In this class Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt are among the medal's very few foreign recipients. With the proclamation of the Third Republic in 1870 the monarchical image of Napoléon III which had previously adorned the Médaille Militaire was replaced with a bust of Marianne, the heraldic figure of France, and an appropriate legend. This example is unnamed, and it cannot now be known to whom it was awarded. Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it. CM.1461-2009 1 accession number CM.1461-2009 141555 priref 141555 Watson Catalogue D ordering M-0344 previous object number LW.0344 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141555 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141555 Bust of Marianne facing left with inscription around on blue enamel, laurel wreath surrounding; suspended from separate piece comprised of crossed war trophies behind shield obverse REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE design Inscription inside blue enamel circle with laurel wreath around reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1870 1870 1870 1870 1915 1 1915 1915 1915 mint reference agent-158722 adlib-agent-158722 1cffff36-4957-3dbb-9b48-c4d5b506440a Paris state reference agent-152757 adlib-agent-152757 a27482cc-282b-3138-acf2-c8037918366d France artist reference agent-7579 adlib-agent-7579 94e7eff0-7819-3f9c-805f-891598617347 Barre, Albert-Désiré mint reference agent-190888 adlib-agent-190888 eb8cafff-8703-3b36-9b93-c33742cb7e89 Colmar, Paris gilt reference term-130759 adlib-term-130759 f9058fb6-5239-3190-97d0-62a0faac8f72 Colmar reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 27 Weight g 17.37 reference media-116661 adlib-media-116661 667265a9-4d41-3df8-bec5-ed9075937b90 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589867767 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589867767 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589867767 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589867767 1 image 0 media image reference media-116662 adlib-media-116662 366da064-0d69-37d6-8a6c-47d710f7ad1d jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589814775 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589814775 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589814775 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0344_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589814775 1 image 1 media image reference term-123087 adlib-term-123087 2ccffaaf-4290-3320-ab69-8010ba0abf67 Médaille Militaire (Republique Française) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 France subsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, no provenance. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 76-80 reference publication-5894 adlib-publication-5894 3c9fff39-4ab7-3e05-83ba-0f9441ec5525 French Orders and Decorations reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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