France, Third Republic. A Medal For The Vanquishers Of The Bastille In 1789 Archive with the two ends separated

with the two ends separated by a block of wood

Footnote: Born on the 8th of November 1923 in Kassel to a protestant family and a citizen of the German Reich

42x60mm (without Sacred Heart suspension)

measuring 40mm

a Typed Note Accompanying the Knife (written by his mother

France, Third Republic. A Medal For The Vanquishers Of The Bastille In 1789 Archive with the two ends separated(Centenary 1889 Issue). Instituted in 1791, re issued to veterans in 1832 and re issued again in 1889, to celebrate the centenary of the event. In bronze, cornucopia hallmarked and marked ""BRONZE"" on the edge, obverse illustrating a severed chain, part of which is suspended from a ring above, the remainder of the chain below looped around an open lock, with two balls immediately to the left, surrounded by the inscription ""LA LIBERTE CONQUISE LE 14