Childebert and Ultrogothe Medal – Civil Hospitals of Lyon 1845 – Signed by Jean Louis Michel Schmitt ( born in 1807 in Geneva and died in Lyon in 1890 )
In bronze
Weight: 112.9 g
Diameter: 56 mm
Old strike .
Rare features:
– The horizontal bar of the H of CHILDEBERT is missing.
– On the reverse, the year 1845 is surrounded by two dots.
Obverse:
Adjoining busts in profile to the left of King Childebert and Queen Ultrogothe .
Circular inscription:
CHILDEBERT AND VLTROGOTHE FOUNDERS •
✿ DXLII ✿ (year 542)
Signature:
L. SCHMITT. F.
Reverse:
Circular inscription:
GENERAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CIVIL HOSPITALS OF LYON
.
1845 .
1845 .
Crowned coat of arms of the Hospices Civils de Lyon ( Quarterly: 1 and 4 gules, a lion argent sewn azure (Lyon); 2, azure, a Virgin of Pity argent (Grand Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon); 3 sable, a Charity or. )
Edge:
Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + BRONZE
