France, Revolutionary Period. A Storming Of The Bastille Commemorative Medal 1789 Archive Measuring 480 mm (w) x

Measuring 480 mm (w) x 680 mm (h)

circa 1845

The insignia in the front center are in overall very good condition with only a small moth nip in the cockade

and with original neck ribbon sewn at the ends

In struck in silver

France, Revolutionary Period. A Storming Of The Bastille Commemorative Medal 1789 Archive Measuring 480 mm (w) xIn pewter, uniface style, obverse illustrating a crowd of armed civilians with soldiers of the French Guard firing their cannons at the Bastille in the background, with smoke and flames visible on the battlements and smoke across the centre enveloping the crowd, the chains of the drawbridge broken and the inner courtyard being stormed at the far right, engraver marked "ANDRIEU. F." (Jean Bertrand Andrieu) and marked "NO. 1", inscribed "SIEGE DE LA