France - Commemorative medallion - Médaille, Maréchal Foch, signature de l’Armistice - 1918

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Bronze medal from 1918 titled Médaille, Maréchal Foch, signature de l’Armistice, signed by Georges-Henri Prud’Homme (artist’s stamp) and by G Prudhomme, France, in very good condition, diameter 67.97 mm, weight 162.21 g.

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Type : Médaille, Maréchal Foch, signature de l’Armistice
Date: 1918
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,97 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PRUD’HOMME Georges-Henri (1873-1947)
Weight : 162,21 g.
Edge : lisse + corne Bronze
Puncheon : corne Bronze

France. The signing of the Armistice. Marechal Foch. (Supreme Allied Commander, WW I). Bronze medal. 68 mm. 1918. His bust left; F. Foch. Marechal. De. France around; MCMXVIII in field.
G Prudhomme incuse below / A railroad car where the armistice was signed in the Rethondes Forest, tree and plant in foreground; Rehondes Signature de L'Armidtics 8-11 Novembre 1918. Extremely Fine.

Note the railroad car on Lot 159 (issued when France surrendered in 1940) with its reference to the railroad car here where the Armistice ending WW I was signed, and the triumphant Nazi statement "The Armistice is deleted!"

Type : Médaille, Maréchal Foch, signature de l’Armistice
Date: 1918
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,97 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PRUD’HOMME Georges-Henri (1873-1947)
Weight : 162,21 g.
Edge : lisse + corne Bronze
Puncheon : corne Bronze

France. The signing of the Armistice. Marechal Foch. (Supreme Allied Commander, WW I). Bronze medal. 68 mm. 1918. His bust left; F. Foch. Marechal. De. France around; MCMXVIII in field.
G Prudhomme incuse below / A railroad car where the armistice was signed in the Rethondes Forest, tree and plant in foreground; Rehondes Signature de L'Armidtics 8-11 Novembre 1918. Extremely Fine.

Note the railroad car on Lot 159 (issued when France surrendered in 1940) with its reference to the railroad car here where the Armistice ending WW I was signed, and the triumphant Nazi statement "The Armistice is deleted!"

Details

Era
1900-2000
No. of items
1
Signed By
G PRUDHOMME
Title/Inscription
Médaille, Maréchal Foch, signature de l’Armistice
Country of Origin
France
Condition
Very good condition
Year of Manufacture
1918
Material
Bronze
Details signature
Artist's stamp
Autographed by a famous person
Yes
Sold by
Jules
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Objects sold
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Objects in auction
5
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