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Jean Charles
French
1753
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; probably bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 32 mm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.869
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionOctagonal-shaped medal of Jean Charles, comte d'Aunay. Beaded rim on both faces.
Obveres: Crowned coat-of-arms with eleven quarterings.
Reverse: Inscribed "JEAN CHARLE./DE MESGRINY/COMTE D'AUNAY/LIEUTENANT GENERAL/DES ARMEES OU ROY/INSPECTEUR GENERAL/DES FORTIFICATION/1753.".
Obveres: Crowned coat-of-arms with eleven quarterings.
Reverse: Inscribed "JEAN CHARLE./DE MESGRINY/COMTE D'AUNAY/LIEUTENANT GENERAL/DES ARMEES OU ROY/INSPECTEUR GENERAL/DES FORTIFICATION/1753.".
InscriptionsReverse: Inscribed "JEAN CHARLE./DE MESGRINY/COMTE D'AUNAY/LIEUTENANT GENERAL/DES ARMEES OU ROY/INSPECTEUR GENERAL/DES FORTIFICATION/1753.".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)