French Republic Medal – Ministry of War – Air Communications – signed Eugène-André Oudiné

In copper

Weight: 138,2 g

Diameter: 68 mm

Obverse:

Circular inscription: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Woman standing facing, draped in the antique style, holding an olive branch in one hand and the constitution in the other, placed on a pedestal inscribed LIBER[TÉ] EGALIT[É] FRATER[NITÉ]. At his feet, a beehive, various tools and symbols of the arts.

At the bottom: MDCCCLXX (1870)

Signature: OUDINÉ

Reverse:

Circular inscriptions:

MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE

COMMUNICATIONS AÉRIENNES

In the center, an oak wreath containing the inscription:

PRIX

D’ENCOURAGEMENT

OFFERT

AU COLOMBIERS CIVILS

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