France, Third Republic. A Medal For The Vanquishers Of The Bastille In 1789 Auction Archive who was born in 1884

who was born in 1884 and a motor engineer and driver by profession

The damage from the glancing blow was minor

very scarce period manufactured example

The stone was so ravaged by souvenir hunters that a movement began as early as 1826 to erect a more elaborate monument

France, Third Republic. A Medal For The Vanquishers Of The Bastille In 1789 Auction Archive who was born in 1884(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