France. An Early & Scarce Medal For The Dedication Of The Bastille Monument, C.1792 United Republic of gold bullion wire on lilac

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France. An Early & Scarce Medal For The Dedication Of The Bastille Monument, C.1792 United Republic of gold bullion wire on lilacAn early and highly desirable medal in detailed five piece construction, two die stamped silvered iron disks placed back to back, magnetic, fabricated from chains from the Bastille, the disks with a pad in between, each plate with a gilt copper plate with a voided centre on the perimeter, the four aforementioned pieces secured in place via a copper ring along the outer edge with raised rims on both sides, obverse disk illustrating a column placed on a