Token - Anatoli Durow - premier clown Russe ND
1890 year| Bronze | 4.5 g | 22.5 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1890 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 4.5 g |
| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#400476 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Coat-of-arms inside the legend
Script: Latin
Lettering: PREMIER CLOWN RUSSE
Engraver: Otto Oertel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Anatoly Leonidovich Durov (Durow/Douroff) in Russian Анато́лий Леонидович Ду́ров (November 26, 1864-January 7, 1916)
Born into a noble Russian family both he and his brother Vladimir joined the circus and in doing so founded a Russian circus dynasty. Anatoly became a solo clown (clown-satirist) who used to deliver a monologue attacking authority figures and he also used dogs, cats, mice & a pig in his performance. Feeling the heat in tsarist Russia he embarked on a tour in 1890-91 of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France. Whilst he was performing in Berlin he named his pig 'Will' and he placed a Prussian spiked helmet on it's head and called out 'Will helm', the name of the Kaiser was Wilhelm, Durov was subsequently arrested and asked to leave Germany.
