Médaille - Charles de Foucauld ND front Médaille - Charles de Foucauld ND back
Médaille - Charles de Foucauld ND photo
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Médaille - Charles de Foucauld ND

 
Bronze 135 g 69 mm
Description
Location
France
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Composition
Bronze
Weight
135 g
Diameter
69 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#384818
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Engraving of a viewpoint facing south from Beni Abbés, a commune in Algeria.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SUD
.BENI-ABBES.
AM D'APRES C DE F

Engraver: Anie Mouroux

Designer: Charles de Foucauld

Edge

Plain

Script: Latin

Lettering: BRONZE

Comment

Charles de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg and died December 1ᵉʳ, 1916 in Tamanrasset, was a French army cavalry officer who became an explorer and geographer, then a Catholic religious, priest, hermit and linguist.