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Medal

ca. 1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Legastelois, Jules-Prosper (medallist)
Place of origin
France (made)

This bronze medal was made by Jules Prosper Legastelois in France, about 1918. This medal, which was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1920, was struck in 1918 when Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) was made a marshal of France and elected to the French Academy. Foch commanded the Allied Armies on the Western Front during the final campaigns of the First World War.


Object details

Category
Medallions
Object type
Medal
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Maréchal Foch, struck bronze, by Jules Prosper Legastelois, French, 20th century, 1918.
Physical description
Obv., portrait head of Marshal Foch in uniform, bare-headed, three-quarter right. Rev., growing French cockerel standing on the two halves of a broken sword. The edge has the incuse cornucopia of Paris Mind mark and BRONZE.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 67mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • "FOCH MARECHAL DE FRANCE," "J. P. LEGASTELOIS" (obv.)
  • "LA FORCE PRIME LE DROIT," "JUSTICE LIBERTE 1918," "J. P. LEGASTELOIS" (rev.)
Subjects depicted
Cockerel
Sword
Foch (Marshal)
Summary
This bronze medal was made by Jules Prosper Legastelois in France, about 1918. This medal, which was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1920, was struck in 1918 when Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) was made a marshal of France and elected to the French Academy. Foch commanded the Allied Armies on the Western Front during the final campaigns of the First World War.
Bibliographic reference
Cullen, Lucy, Fisher, Wendy and Jopek, Norbert, 'One by One': European Commemorative Medals for the Great War 1914-1918, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998 19
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.91-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311977/medal-legastelois-jules-prosper/
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