Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

The Siege of the Bastille

Engraver:
Bertrand Andrieu
Year:
1789
Country:
France
Diameter:
80 mm
Obverse:
Amidst much smoke, the revolutionaries fire cannon and muskets at the Bastille.
SIEGE DE LA BASTILLE
PRISE PAR LES CITOYENS DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
LE 14 J.UET 1789
ANDRIEU. F.
NO. 1
Reverse:
BLANK
References:
Julius #13
Hennin #22

This medal is a cliché: it only has a design on one side. The medal is enclosed in a Georgian case covered by glass.

The Storming of the Bastille occured on July 14, 1789.