- Artisanal Manufacture
- Metal : Silvered Bronze 14 mm
- Ribbon : white, red and blue vertically
Backside: the inscriptions "National Army" and "National Defence" framming a Phrygien cap.
SKU
10061116660000
Nartional Defence Medal Silver - Reduction
€38.00
| Metal | FLORENTINE BRONZE |
|---|---|
| Weight | 1.5 g |
| Diameter | 14 mm |
Artisanal Manufacture
Metal : Silvered Bronze 14 mm
Ribbon : white, red and blue vertically
Front: depicts the Republic effigy, surrounded with the engraved mention "French republic"
Backside: the inscriptions "National Army" and "National Defe...
€38.00
Description
Our craftman
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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.
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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
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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.