Notre-Dame-de-Fontenay Medal – Cistercian Abbey – Signed by Magdeleine Mocquot (1910-1991, French medallist who received the gold medal in medal engraving from the Society of French Artists in 1969)
In bronze
Weight: 172.4 g
Diameter: 68 mm
Obverse:
Circular inscription: NOTRE DAME DE FONTENAY
Virgin wearing a fleur-de-lys crown , carrying the infant Jesus who is holding a dove
Signature: M MOCQUOT
Reverse:
View of the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay . (founded in 1118 in Marmagne, it is the oldest preserved Cistercian abbey, characterized by its simplicity in ornamentation. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1862, and registered as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1981.)
Coat of arms of the Abbey of Fontenay ( “two back-to-back bars surmounted by a golden fleur-de-lis” )
Inscription: The SPIRIT of GOD moved upon the waters
Edge:
Triangular punch (Arthus Bertrand)
