Medal Dance of the Landes stilt walkers – Landes de Gascogne – Dax – Mont-de-Marsan – Signed by Georges Crouzat
In Florentine bronze
Weight: 155,9 g
Diameter: 67,5 mm
Obverse:
Six shepherds dancing on stilts in front of a flock of sheep. This dance is typical of the Landes region of Gascony, where stilts were traditionally used by shepherds to move through marshy terrain. These stilt dances are a unique and fascinating feature of the regional culture of Gascony.
At the bottom: la bigue-biguette (traditional music)
Signature: GEORGES CROUZAT
Reverse:
Inscription MONT-DE-MARSAN with its coat of arms (Azure with two confronted keys Argent)
DAX inscription with its coat of arms (Azure to the tower donjonned Argent, open, openwork and masonry Sable, surmounted by a fleur-de-lys Or and supported on the sinister by a lion of the same, all on a terrace also Argent on a river wavy with the same movement of the point and charged with the letters A, C, Q and S* capitals of sand.) *Acqs, old form of the name of the city (D’acqs -> Dax)
Squirrel sitting on a conifer branch, holding a pine cone.
Coat of arms of Gascony (Quarterly 1st and 4th Azure with a lion Argent, 2nd and 3rd Gules with a sheaf of wheat Or bound Azure)
Inscription: LANDES DE GASCOGNE.
Below: grape vigne.
Signature: GEORGES CROUZAT
Edge:
1976 + Cornucopia hallmark (Monnaie de Paris) + BR FLOR
