103511 | FRANCE. Electrical Construction Union silver Award Medal.

103511  |  FRANCE. Electrical Construction Union silver Award Medal. Issued circa 1925-1935, and engraved and awarded to Lucien Pinard (67mm, 111.99 g [ASW = 3.2406 oz], 12h). By Charles Pillet at the Paris mint.

 

Female personification of Electricity, nude except for billowing drapery, soaring left among the clouds and hurling thunderbolt // SYNDICAT · GENERAL · DE LA · CONSTRUCTION · ELECTRIQUE ·, view of hydroelectric power plant in nature; below, shield with panel engraved "M. LUCIEN PINARD." Edge: «cornucopia» 2 ARGENT.

 

MdP –; Maier –; Silich –; cf. Musée d'Orsay RF MO MEDOR 2018 2 (for obv.). Mint State. Pleasing gunmetal gray surfaces, with some darker areas for contrast around some of the devices, and with some light rub noted upon the highest points. An enticing design and a rare type in silver.

 

The Syndicat Général de la Construction Électrique awarded medals like these to employees following years of service, usually in the amount of 25 or 30 years, with the silver issues being the more prestigious with respect to time served to the company. Pillet's classic design is the earlier of the two Art Deco renderings for this award (with the latter being that of Pelletier).

 

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