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Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse)

Alfred Borrel

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bronze medal with a raised portrait of a man with long hair. The man faces right. He wears a military-style jacket with small buttons. A neck scarf is tied in a bow at his neck. The words "ROUGET DE LISLE" are raised on either side of the man's portrait near the edge of the medal, with "1760" on the left and "1836" on the right, below the words. The background is grey, with a shadow beneath the medal.

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900 × 845 px
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