Adolphe Chéron Medal – Union of Physical Education and Military Service Preparation Societies – Signed by Jean Vernon
In bronze
Weight: 156.9 g
Diameter: 68 mm
Obverse:
Profile bust to the right of Adolphe Chéron , deputy of the Seine and president of the physical education and military service preparation societies.
Circular inscription:
ADOLPHE CHÉRON
Signature: Jean Vernon
Reverse:
Circular inscriptions:
= VNION DES SOCIETES D’EDVCATION PHYSIQVE =
= ET DE PREPARATION AV SERVICE MILITAIRE =
Facade of the building of the Union of Physical Education and Military Service Preparation Societies , located at 23 rue de la Sourdière in Paris 1st, a building that still exists, named “La maison du jeune Français”, dating from 1885 to 1933 and signed: J° et L° GRAF ARCt (Joseph ( 1869-1934) and his son Lucien (1900-1987) Graf, architects)
Cartouche flanked by laurel leaves and oak leaves , and bearing the attribution:
A MR HENRI TRECHOT
At the bottom:
LA MAISON
DV JEVNE FRANÇAIS
Edge:
Triangular hallmark AB (Arthus Bertrand) + BRONZE
