France, La Marseillaise, 1833, Medal, EF

France, La Marseillaise, 1833 Medal, EF, Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, 1760-1836. Copper medal by Emile Rogat. High relief bust right/all six verses of La Marseillaise, around fasces and Liberty cap, 51mm. (Niggl 1727; A & E 264; Molinari 309.

It was while serving as an officer in the Army of the Rhine that Rouget de l'Isle wrote La Marseillaise. Ironically, he was a Royalist and had narrowly escaped the guillotine, yet his anthem is forever associated with the Revolution and Republican ideals. This comes in an old Lyman Low envelope. Large cud and flaw on reverse.