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Inv. 2940.
Barricades medal of 1830 featuring Lafayette. One of the
medals of the street fighters in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew
the Restoration monarchy of Charles X. This plain, white metal badge
bears a legend “to the intrepid citizens of Paris, Barricades, 27, 28, 29 July”
White metal, 28 mm, looped. EF for this crude piece; it could not be much better (Stack’s: “uncirculated”).
Fuld LA.1830.14. From the
collection of Dr. George Fuld. From the
Stack’s Philadelphia Americana Sale, 30 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2010, lot 5519.
$350
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Lafayette barricades medal