1793 France First Republic WM Medal on the Death of Louis XVI, by Loos. On the death of the King.
LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR IMMOLE PAR LES FACTIEUX, head of Louis XVI right || PLEURES ET VENGES LE’, France seated right, weeping over an urn containing the remains of the king, inscribed LOUIS XVI, pointing right hand toward the torn law, overturned crown, pikes, and halberd lying down, LE XXI IANVIER MDCCXCIII in exergue.
31mm, 12.28g. Slg. Julius-262 (silver).
UNC, lovely cabinet toned surfaces. Rarer in white metal.
Commemorates the execution and the memory of King Louis XVI, who was guillotined on the 21st of January, 1793.
