57 Medal of the Association of the Conquerors of the Bastille (Médaille - Insigne de L'Association des Vainqueurs de la Bastille).

 The center made of pewter, frame made of silver in the form of a laurel wreath. On it's particularly beautiful, long original ribbon with sewn ribbon bow.

With old collection label of the Collection Laissus.

Due to the revolutionary circumstances, especially the adoption of the Constitution of August 10, 1793, the wearing of decorations was considered a symbol of the hated past era of oppression and tyranny (Ancien Régime).

By decrees of the National Assembly of August 20 and November 18, 1793, the decorations originally awarded to the conquerors of the Bastille (Couronne Murale and Médaille d' Or des Gardes Francaises) were abolished and the return of the decorations and their award certificates to the local authorities was ordered.

For this reason, many of the original 1054 recognized as conquerors of the Bastille ( 100 Gardes Francaises and 954 Vainqueurs Bourgeois) formed an association, the Association des Vainqueurs de la Bastille, whose members wore the badge offered here.

Literature: André Souyris - Rollande, Histoire des distinctions et des récompenses nationales, vol. 1, pp. 30 - 31.

Beautiful and very rare original copy from one of the most renowned collections on the history of the French Revolution.

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