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France: The Funeral of President Carnot, 58 x 81 mm,…
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Melbourne
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12-Aug-2018
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France: The Funeral of President Carnot, 58 x 81 mm, silvered-bronze, by Roty. Obverse: The slain president lies in state, attended by a mournful goddess (France); above, a landscape with basilica and date; at bottom, 'The Country in Grief.' Reverse: The coffin borne toward The Pantheon by females, their figures draped. Low relief, the reverse almost 'misty.' In original leather & felt-lined box with gold title & decorations. Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the Third Republic of France, was stabbed and killed on June 24, 1894, while riding in a carriage returning home after delivering a speech at a banquet earlier that evening. Carnot?s assassin was Sante Geronimo Caserio, who was later guillotined on August 16 for his crime.
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Numismatics, Stamps & Scrip: Medals, civilian