Duchess of Berry Medal – Birth of Henri d’Artois – Signed by Jean-Pierre Montagny
In bronze
Weight: 6.4 g
Diameter: 22.2 mm
Obverse:
Profile bust to the left of the Duchess of Berry (Marie Caroline Ferdinande Louise de Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies), at the base of which we read the signature: MONTAGNY. F. then, below: CHEZ CAHIER.
Circular inscriptions:
A LA RELIGION.
A LA PATRIE.
Reverse:
Circular inscription:
H. CH. F. M. DIEU-DONNE. ( Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d’Artois, Duke of Bordeaux, better known by his courtesy title of “Count of Chambord” )
France draped in the antique style as a mythological goddess , with fleurs-de-lys on her peplos, dominating a dragon , and carrying a child holding a branch .
At the bottom:
29 7. BRE 1820
Edge:
BRONZE ( very faded )
