Jeton touristique - Menton - Côte d'Azur - French Riviera ND

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Map of France with the coat of arms of the town of Menton, marked on the map with a blue dot.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CÔTE D'AZUR
MENTON
FRENCH RIVIERA
MENTON

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(1950) Parti: 1st azure Saint Michael the Archangel dexter arm raised holding a sword, point downward, sinister holding a balance, striking down the devil armed with his pitchfork, all Or; 2nd argent a lemon tree proper fructed Or between two mounts vert, all above a sea azure issuant from the base and the comble Argent charged with three mullets argent and a franc-canton argent charged with three mullets argent.Or set between two mounts Vert, all set on a sea Azure issuant from the base and on a comble Azure charged with three mullets Argent and on a sinister franc-canton Gules charged with the capital letter F Or. https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2247

Menton has always been a frontier town. For centuries, it formed the border between Provence and Genoa. It was Italian until the disputed French plebiscite of 1860, when it was added to France. It has always been a fashionable tourist center with grand mansions and gardens. Its temperate Mediterranean climate is particularly favorable to the citrus industry, with which it is strongly identified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menton