Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service

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Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service

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Product Code:

F-M20

Grade:

Constitutor:

Foundation date:

1910

Year award:

1920

Fabricator:

G. CONTAUX

Origin / Provenance:

Material:

bronz

Weight in (g).

12,3

Size in (mm).

Condition:

Circular gilt bronze medal on oak leaf suspension; the face with a female head facing left and wearing a laurel-wreathed helmet crowned with a cockerel, representative of the French Republic, circumscribed ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’ and signed ‘G. CONTAUX’; the reverse with a circular wreath of oak and laurel, circumscribed ‘SOCIÉTÉ D’ENCOURAGEMENT AU DEVOUEMENT’; on original ribbon. The Society was founded in 1910 as the ‘Société Républicaine d’Encouragement au Devouement’ with the aim of giving an example of devotion to duty and public service, to defend moral values and promote initiatives to encourage bravery, service and altruism and especially the defence of the vulnerable, particularly young people. It awards honorific decorations to recognise accomplishments in these areas. The Society later became the ‘Société d’Encouragement au Devouement’, then the ‘Société Nationale d’Encouragement au Devouement’ and finally ‘Encouragement au Devouement’.