Description
Charles Frederick Bacon Philbrook
Woodcote Park on December 13th
measuring 94 mm x 58 mm
hands on both in black
copyrighted in 1980
France, Iii Republic. A Medal For The Conquerors Of The Bastille, 1889 GTRexclude Charles Frederick Bacon Philbrook(Insigne en or de Vainqueur de la Bastille decerne aux Gardes). Instituted 1789. Type III (1889). In bronze, a lozenge shaped decoration with ball finials at each point, the obverse features an open padlock with broken chains and two cannonballs, surrounded by the inscription LA LIBERTE CONQUISE LE 14 JUILLET 1789 (Freedom Conquered July 14 1789), the reverse bears a sword with a wreath around the middle of the blade, surrounded by the inscription