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Medal of North Africa
Full Size

€40.00
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Metal FLORENTINE BRONZE
Weight 20 g
Diameter 34 mm
Home-made Manufacturing Metal: bronze Ribbon: sand-colored, streaked by chevrons indigo blueMedal sold into its case  Obverse: the cro of sand-colored color, streaked by chevrons indigo bluess of the South surrounded with the men...
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Medal of North Africa Full Size
€40.00

    Description

    • Home-made Manufacturing
    • Metal: bronze
    • Ribbon: sand-colored, streaked by chevrons indigo blue
    • Medal sold into its case 
    Obverse: the cro of sand-colored color, streaked by chevrons indigo bluess of the South surrounded with the mention French Republic.
    Reverse: a bouquet of oak-leaves is surmounted the inscription "Awards a medal of North Africa". Can receive five pins: "1914-1918, 1939-1945", "Indochina", "North Africa".

    Our craftman

    • THE ENAMELLER

      Our creations are enamelled using a rare technique known as grand feu enamelling. Another workshop sends the enameller a decoration, piece of jewellery or struck medal with hollow spaces on its surface. Using a dip pen, needle or brush, the enameller fills these hollows with enamel, which they have prepared themselves. The fixing of the variously coloured enamel powders is controlled by short, successive firings at 900 degrees.

    • THE MEDAL MINTER

      The medal minter transforms a blank into a medal, alternating between striking to bring out the relief and annealing to return the metal to a more malleable state. The blank is struck as many times as necessary, depending on the diameter, depth and detail of the engraving. Finally, surface treatments are applied to enhance the finished piece

    • THE ENGRAVER

      Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.