59 France: Society of Jacobins Dekoration, 1792.
Bronze, the center enameled. Without ribbon. In the center the Phrygian cap (Jacobin cap) with circumscription: "SOCIETE DES JACOBINS 1792".
76 x 62 mm.
Jacobins were in a formal sense the members of a political club during the French Revolution. In a substantive sense, the followers of Maximilien de Robespierre (Reign of Terror / Sept. 5, 1793 - July 27, 1794 ) were called Jacobins, but also Robespierrists, in France from 1793. They represented the political left and advocated, among other things, the abolition of the monarchy. The Jacobins found their supporters largely among the urban lower classes, but also among doctors, lawyers or craftsmen. The name Jacobin Club referred to the meeting place, the Jacobin monastery of Saint-Honoré in Paris. In a broader sense, the term also refers to those supporters of the Revolution inside and outside France who, although not members of the Jacobin Club, still advocated the Revolution and sought a republican form of government even after the execution of King Louis XVI. The Reign of Terror (French la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution from early June 1793 to late July 1794 characterized by the brutal suppression of anyone suspected of being an opponent of the Revolution. It ended with the deposition and execution of Robespierre on July 28, 1794.
Important piece on the history of the Jacobin - Club and the associated most bloody phase of the French Revolution.
Of then greatest rarity.