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Tank

Medal
1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal by Pierre Alexandre Morlon was struck by the Paris Mint to celebrate the success of Allied tanks on the Western Front. Morlon combines the traditional use of an allegorical figure with a realistic depiction of a tank in action.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Tank (generic title)
  • Chars d'Assaut (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Char d'Assaut (tank), struck bronze, by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon, French, 20th century, 1918.
Physical description
Bronze medal by Pierre Alexandre Morlon. Obverse: Chars d'Assaut (Tank). Reverse: Plain circular space for engraving a name, surrounded by a wreath of laurel and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.8cm
Credit line
Given by Col. R. H. Whitwell
Subjects depicted
Summary
This medal by Pierre Alexandre Morlon was struck by the Paris Mint to celebrate the success of Allied tanks on the Western Front. Morlon combines the traditional use of an allegorical figure with a realistic depiction of a tank in action.
Bibliographic references
  • Cullen, Lucy, Fisher, Wendy and Jopek, Norbert, 'One by One': European Commemorative Medals for the Great War 1914-1918, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998 6
  • Maier, Nicolas, Französische Medaillenkunst / French medallic art / L'art de la médaille en France, 1870-1940, Munich: Nicolas Maier, 2010, cat. 294 p. 321.
  • Jones, Mark, The Art of the Medal, London: British Museum Publications, 1979, p. 152
  • Monnaie de Paris, Catalogue général illustré des éditions de la Monnaie de Paris. 3/ La Troisième République, Paris, 1978, p. 270.
Collection
Accession number
A.103-1920

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2003
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